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Table 5 SAIQ outcomes

From: Two-port laparoscopic anterior resection through a self-made glove device versus conventional laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal cancer: a comparison of short-term surgical results

 

TPLAR (n = 27)

CLAR (n = 30)

p value

Position of incisions, median (range)

4 (2–4)

4 (2–4)

0.171

Length of incisions, median (range)

4 (3–4)

4 (2–4)

0.017

Esthetics of incisions, median (range)

4 (2–4)

4 (2–4)

0.030

Healing of incisions, median (range)

4 (3–4)

4 (3–4)

0.595

Pain at incisions, median (range)

4 (1–4)

3 (1–4)

0.003

Overall satisfaction (sum of all scores)

19 (12–20)

17 (13–20)

0.001

  1. SAIQ satisfaction-with-abdominal-incision questionnaire, TPLAR two-port laparoscopic anterior resection, CLAR conventional laparoscopic anterior resection