Table 2.
Intraoperative outcomes of patients who underwent laparoscopic and robotic total mesorectal excision with lateral pelvic lymph node dissection.
| Variables | Total Patients (N = 108) |
Laparoscopic LPND (N = 74) |
Robotic LPND (N = 34) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical procedure | 0.681 | |||
| Low anterior resection | 66 (61.1) | 47 (63.5) | 19 (55.9) | |
| Intersphincteric resection | 32 (29.6) | 20 (27.0) | 12 (35.3) | |
| Abdominoperineal resection | 10 (9.3) | 7 (9.5) | 3 (8.8) | |
| LPND direction | 0.722 | |||
| Unilateral | 98 (90.7) | 68 (91.9) | 30 (88.2) | |
| Bilateral | 10 (9.3) | 6 (8.1) | 4 (11.8) | |
| Operation time (min) | 300 (241–374) | 275 (230–347) | 353 (285–447) | <0.001 |
| Estimated blood loss (ml) | 100 (50–150) | 100 (50–120) | 100 (50–200) | 0.854 |
| Conversion to open surgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
LPND = lateral pelvic lymph node dissection. Proportions ( ) are presented for categorical data. Medians and interquartile ranges are presented for continuous data.