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Table 1 Perioperative outcomesa

From: Single-port laparoscopic colectomy versus conventional laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer: a comparison of surgical results

 

Laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer

Parameters

S-LAC ( N = 10)

C-LAC ( N = 10)

P value

Method

  

0.141

   Ileocecal resection

8

5

 

   Right hemicolectomy

1

5

 

   Transverse colectomy

1

0

 

Operative time (minutes)

192.0 (156 to 231)

222.0 (44 to 244)

0.063

Estimated blood loss (ml)

48.0 (0 to 110)

51.5 (21 to 244)

0.190

Length of skin incision (cm)

3 (2 to 3)

5 (3 to 6)

< 0.001

Conversion rate (%)

0 (0%)

1 (10.0%)

0.474

Hospital stay after operation (days)

8.0 (6 to 13)

10.5 (7 to 21)

0.023

  1. aC-LAC = conventional laparoscopic colectomy; S-LAC = single-port laparoscopic colectomy. Data are expressed as median (range) or as raw numbers.