Variables | Extracorporeal (n = 11) | Intracorporeal (n = 13) | P |
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Operative time (mean ± SD), min | 330.0 ± 53.67 | 288.5 ± 45.99 | 0.101 |
EBL (mean ± SD), mL | 600.0 ± 485.80 | 242.7 ± 178.75 | 0.134 |
Transfusion, n (%) | 5 (46%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0.048 |
ICU stay after surgery, n (%) | 2 (18%) | 1 (8%) | 0.435 |
Time to flatus (median [range]), days | 4 [3–7] | 3 [1–6] | 0.099 |
Time to intake of liquid diet (median [range]), days | 5 [4–8] | 4 [2–18] | 0.169 |
Time to ambulation (median [range]), days | 1 [0–2] | 1 [1–3] | 0.052 |
Time to remove Jackson-Pratt drain (median [range]), days | 12 [7–17] | 8 [4–30] | 0.758 |
Length of hospital stay after surgery (median [range]), days | 15 [14–23] | 14 [7–22] | 0.234 |
Lymph node yield (mean ± SD), n | 9.8 ± 10.15 | 20.2 ± 11.08 | 0.070 |
Lymph node positive patients, n (%) | 5 (46%) | 5 (39%) | 0.527 |
Positive surgical margin, n (%) | 2 (18%) | 3 (23%) | 0.585 |