Table 3 Repeated-measures analysis of variance of postoperative abdominal pain VAS scores
From: Laparoscopic gastric dissociation using a two-port approach in minimally invasive esophagectomy
Group | Propensity-matched patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Modified two-port McKeown procedure (n = 91) | Traditional five-port McKeown procedure (n = 91) | p-value | |
POD #1 | 4.1 ± 0.9 | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 0.685 |
POD #3 | 3.2 ± 0.9 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 0.366 |
POD #5 | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 0.786 |