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Table 3 General conditions of operation

From: No beneficial effect on survival but a decrease in postoperative complications in patients with rectal cancer undergoing robotic surgery: a retrospective cohort study

 

Robot (n = 314)

Laparoscopy (n = 220)

P value

Intraoperative

 Operation time (min)

163.5 ± 40.9

190.5 ± 51.9

< 0.001

 Conversion

0

0

 

 Bleeding (mL)

150 (100)

150 (100)

0.657

Adverse events

 Bladder injury

0

0

 

 Perforation of the rectum

0

0

 

 Disruption of colorectal anastomosis

0

0

 

Postoperative

 Time to 1st gas passing (d)

2 (1)

3 (1)

< 0.001

 Length of hospital stay (d)

7 (2)

8 (3)

0.002

 Time to 1st soft diet (d)

4 (1)

4 (1)

0.784

 Time to bowel movement (d)

2 (0)

2 (0)

0.553

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD), median (interquartile range) or number of patients (percentages). Continuous variables were compared by using Student’s t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test between the robot and laparoscopy groups
  2. Bold values indicate statistical significance