Table 2 Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative outcomes between RAIL and LIL

Operative time /limb (min)

97 (89–108)

95 (90–115)

0.204

Operative time /limb (min) (console time)

83 (78–93)

 < 0.001

Estimated blood loss (ml)

10 (6–20)

35 (25–50)

 < 0.001

Saphenous vein sparing, no. (%)

20 (100)

23 (100)

Bilateral dissection, no. (%)

20 (100)

23 (100)

Lymph node yield, median (IQR)

19 (16–25)

18 (12–21)

0.307

Pathological positive nodes, median (IQR)

3 (1–5)

3 (1–6)

0.543

pN stage pN0/pN1/pN2/pN3

15/0/4/1

16/1/5/1

1.000

Length of hospital stay, median (IQR)

3(2–4)

5 (4–7)

0.081

Duration of drainage, median (IQR)

15 (11–18)

15 (10–21)

0.522

Complications

0.447

Seroma, no. (%)

4(20)

2 (9)

Lymphedema, no. (%)

2 (10)

3 (13)

Deep venous thrombosis, no. (%)

0 (0)

1 (4)

Cellulitis, no. (%)

0 (0)

2 (9)

Clavien classification, no. (%)

0.762

I, n (%)

4(25)

5 (22)

II, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (4)

IIIa, n (%)

1 (5)

2 (9)

0.635

Follow up

0.401

Duration of Follow up, mo, median (IQR)

14 (4–16)

16 (14–18)

0.078

No recurrence

18

19

Recurrence

2

2

Loss to follow-up

0

2