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Table 2 Surgical outcomes, complications and hospital costs according to the use of a robot during distal pancreatectomy

From: Robotic spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: a single-centered Chinese experience

 

RDP (n = 7)

LDP (n = 21)

P value

Mean operative time (min)

368

210

0.0002

Mean blood loss (mL)

200

250

0.451

Transfusion (no. of patients) (%)

0

0

 

Conversion (no. of patients) (%)

0

0

 

Reverse operation (no. of patients) (%)

0

1 (4.7)a

 

Mean postoperative stay (days)

8.7

10.6

0.004

Complications (no. of patients) (%)

2 (28.6)

7 (33.3)

0.815

Grade, Clavien classification

II (1), III (1)

I (5), II (1), III (1)

 

Hospital costs ($)

10,125

6921

0.0002

  1. RDP robot-assisted distal pancreatectomy, LDP laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
  2. aA second operation was required in one patient of the LPD group (4.7 %) who had a postoperation hemorrhage