Values in parenthesis indicate the corresponding percentiles in our cohort.
LPAL: laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy
a Adverse events were classified using two corresponding systems: ClassIntra for intraoperative26 and Dindo-Clavien 27 for postoperative.
b The association between surgical complications and LPAL was specified as any of the following: vascular, nervous, intestinal or ureteral injury during para-aortic lymph node dissection, or para-aortic lymphocele/lymphocyst or lymphedema.
c Postoperative complications were classified according to the time of presentation: “early” within the first 30 days post-surgery, and “late” more than 30 days after surgery.
d LPAL was considered incomplete if no lymph nodes were obtained from all of the areas specified by the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology guidelines 3.
e Conversion was recorded as follows: from laparoscopy to laparotomy, from extraperitoneal to transperitoneal, or from robotic-assisted to conventional laparoscopy.