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Table 5 Short-term outcomes in LCA variations

From: Vascular variations encountered during laparoscopic surgery for transverse colon, splenic flexure, and descending colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Type A (n = 4)

Type B (n = 9)

Type C (n = 4)

p

Operation time, min

240.8 ± 60.3

238.0 ± 60.1

194.5 ± 30.8

0.386

Blood loss, ml

26.0 ± 21.2

44.1 ± 43.9

382.5 ± 745.1

0.311

Complication

1 (25.0%)

1 (11.1%)

1 (25.0%)

1.000

Dietary intake, day

4.5 ± 0.6

5.1 ± 3.0

4.0 ± 0.0

0.245

Discharge, day

10.5 ± 4.2

10.3 ± 3.3

9.3 ± 2.4

0.656

  1. LCA left colic artery