Table 2: Short-term
results.
|
|
Laparoscopic (n=64) |
Open (n=64) |
p-value |
|
Length of stay (days) |
|
||
|
Median (25:75 percentile) |
2 (2:4) |
4 (4:5) |
|
|
Mean SD |
3.1 SD ± 3.0 |
5.0 SD ± 2.7 |
0.001 |
|
Operative time (minutes) - median
(range) |
92 (37 - 273) |
105 (54 - 240) |
0.042 |
|
Blood loss (mL) - median (range) |
100 (0 - 2500) |
500 (0 - 2800) |
< 0.001 |
|
Patients receiving transfusion - n
(%) |
4 (6 %) |
6 (9 %) |
0.441 |
|
Resection margin |
|
||
|
R0 - n (%) |
59 (92 %) |
58 (91 %) |
0.752 |
|
Patients with complications - n
(%) |
19/64 (30 %) |
22/64 (34 %) |
0.570 |
|
Clavien-Dindo grade* n (%) |
|
||
|
I (%) |
8 (13 %) |
8 (13 %) |
|
|
II (%) |
8 (13 %) |
10 (14.5) |
|
|
IIIa (%) |
2 (3 %) |
1 (2 %) |
|
|
IIIb (%) |
1 (2 %) |
3 (5 %) |
0.590 |
|
Total number of complications** |
19 |
28 |
|
|
Bile leakage |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Pneumothorax |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Liver abscess |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Postoperative bleeding |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Wound related |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Urinary tract |
5 |
9 |
|
|
Pulmonary |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Cardiac |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Miscellaneous |
4 |
10 |
|
*Includes only the highest grade in patients with multiple
complications.
**Includes all complications in patients with multiple
complications.
R0: resection margin microscopically cancer free.