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Table 3 Postoperative outcomes

From: Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging during laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery could reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage: a single institutional retrospective cohort study

 

ICG group (n = 73)

Non-ICG group (n = 114)

p-value

Anastomotic leakage, n (%)

3 (4.1%)

14 (12.3%)

0.046

Surgical site infection, n (%)

2 (2.7%)

4 (3.5%)

0.771

Ileus, n (%)

4 (5.5%)

13 (11.4%)

0.124

Urinary dysfunction, n (%)

8 (10.9%)

13 (11.4%)

0.124

Anastomotic bleeding, n (%)

4 (5.5%)

3 (2.6%)

0.273

Reoperation within postoperative 30 days, n (%)

3 (4.1%)

9 (7.9%)

0.302

Mortality within postoperative 30 days, n (%)

0

0

 

Length of postoperative hospital stay, daysa

11 (10, 14)

12 (9, 18)

0.015

  1. ICG indocyanine green
  2. aValues are shown as median (interquartile range)