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Table 2 Short-term outcomes

From: Does the Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System improve patients’ outcome following laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer? A multicentre, retrospective analysis with propensity score matching

 

NQ (N=49)

Q (N=49)

p value

Operative time, min

199 (112–287)

168 (95–304)

0.029

Blood loss, ml

10 (1–800)

10 (1–560)

0.961

Extent of LND, D1/D2 vs. D3

  

0.453

 D1/D2

12 (24.5%)

8 (16.3%)

 

 D3

37 (75.5%)

41 (83.7%)

 

Conversion to open surgery

1 (2.0%)

0

1

Complication, grade ≥3

3 (6.1%)

3 (6.1%)

1

 Anastomotic leakage

2 (4.1%)

0

 

 Pneumonia

1 (2.0%)

0

 

 Ileus

0

1 (2.0%)

 

 Port site hernia

0

1 (2.0%)

 

 Wound infection

0

1 (2.0%)

 

Mortality

0

0

 

Hospitalisation, days

9 (6–74)

10 (5–37)

0.927

  1. Continuous variables are presented as medians with ranges; discrete variables are presented as numbers with percentages
  2. NQ group non-qualified surgeon group, Q group qualified surgeon group, LND lymph node dissection, CD Clavien–Dindo classification, SSI surgical site infection