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Table 3 Demographical characteristics of the patients

From: Transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: preliminary experience and comparison to conventional multi-port laparoscopic surgery

 

SILS (n =14)

Conventional (n = 7)

P

Age, mean ± SD [range]

40.2 ± 14.1 [20–73]

50.4 ± 11.3 [35–65]

0.66

Sex (% men)

7.1

14.3

0.61

Weight, mean ± SD [range]

59.6 ± 8.9 [45–80]

60.4 ± 5.1 [54–67]

0.21

BMI, mean ± SD [range], kg/m2

22.6 ± 2.4 [18.4–27.0]

23.3 ± 1.3 [21.3–25.2]

0.29

Size of lesion,, mean ± SD [range], cm

4.3 ± 2.2 [1.2–11]

3.7 ± 2.2 [0.7–6.0]

0.47

Lesion type (benign/malignant)

0/14

1/6

0.16