Variables | Extracorporeal (n = 8) | Intracorporeal (n = 6) | P |
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Operative time (mean ± SD), min | 394.3 ± 76.35 | 352.5 ± 10.61 | 0.486 |
EBL (mean ± SD), mL | 230.0 ± 158.01 | 425.0 ± 388.91 | 0.606 |
Transfusion, n (%) | 2 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0.308 |
ICU stay after surgery, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | . |
Time to flatus (median [range]), days | 5 [3–9] | 2 [3–5] | 0.361 |
Time to intake of liquid diet (median [range]), days | 5 [4–6] | 4 [3–5] | 0.280 |
Time to ambulation (median [range]), days | 2 [1–5] | 2 [2–3] | 0.190 |
Time to remove Jackson-Pratt drain (median [range]), days | 16 [5–23] | 18 [8–28] | 0.769 |
Length of hospital stay after surgery (median [range]), days | 23 [20–45] | 10 [7–15] | 0.039 |
Lymph node yield (mean ± SD), n | 15.4 ± 4.39 | 8.5 ± 12.02 | 0.562 |
Lymph node positive patients, n (%) | 2 (25%) | 1 (17%) | 0.615 |
Positive surgical margin, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (17%) | 0.429 |
Complete continence in the daytime, n (%) | 6 (75%) | 6 (100%) | 0.308 |
Complete continence at night, n (%) | 6 (75%) | 3 (50%) | 0.343 |