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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Colorectal Dis. 2021 May 24;23(8):2075–2084. doi: 10.1111/codi.15675

Table 1:

Comparison of all cases by primary (1R) versus repeat resections (≥2R).

1R (N=369) ≥2R (N=105) p-value
Patient and Disease Characteristics

Male (%) 264 (71.5) 67 (63.8) 0.16

Age (median [IQR]) 31 [24, 46] 43 [31, 54] <0.001

BMI (median [IQR]) 22.3 [19.7, 25.8] 22.0 [19.5, 26.0] 0.68

ASA ≥ 3 (%) 108 (29.3) 39 (37.1) 0.16

Smoker (%) <0.001
 Never 340 (92.1) 77 (73.3)
 Former 17 (4.6) 18 (17.1)
 Current 12 (3.3) 10 (9.5)

Indication for surgery (%) 0.69
 Obstruction 272 (73.7) 80 (76.2)
 Abscess 68 (18.4) 17 (16.2)
 Fistula 11 (3.0) 4 (3.8)
 Dysplasia 8 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
 Failure of medical therapy 5 (1.4) 2 (1.9)
 Other* 5 (1.4) 2 (1.9)

Phenotype (%) 0.21
 Inflammatory 14 (3.8) 3 (2.9)
 Stricturing 202 (54.7) 67 (64.4)
 Penetrating 153 (41.5) 34 (32.4)

History of other abdominal surgery (%) 55 (14.9) 28 (26.7) 0.01

Perioperative steroids (%) 45 (12.2) 17 (16.2) 0.36

Perioperative biologics (%) 50 (13.6) 18 (17.1) 0.44

Operative Characteristics

Emergency surgery (%) 9 (2.4) 3 (2.9) 0.73

Extended ICR** (%) 37 (10.0) 3 (2.9) 0.02

Concurrent procedures (%) 195 (52.8) 59 (56.2) 0.62

Approach (%) <0.001
 Laparoscopic 314 (85.1) 75 (71.4)
 Converted 32 (8.7) 8 (7.6)
 Open 23 (6.2) 22 (21.0)

Diverting stoma (%) 16 (4.3) 5 (4.8) 0.79

Duration, minutes (median [IQR]) 120 [94, 157] 145 [101, 206] <0.001

Postoperative Outcomes

Length of stay, days (median [IQR]) 5 [4, 7] 6 [5, 9] 0.02

Any complication (%) 52 (14.1) 21 (20.0) 0.19

Major complication (%) 14 (3.8) 4 (3.8) 0.56

30-day readmission (%) 14 (3.8) 3 (2.9) 0.77

Reoperation (%) 11 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0.13
*

Perforation, toxic megacolon, hemorrhage, recurrent appendicitis

**

Any additional distal bowel margin beyond the cecum