Table 4.
Postoperative outcomes of the patients who underwent laparoscopic and robotic total mesorectal excision combined with lateral pelvic lymph node dissection.
| Variables | Total Patients (N = 108) |
Laparoscopic LPND (N = 74) |
Robotic LPND (N = 34) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative hospital stay (days) | 7 (6–9) | 7 (6–8) | 7 (5–11) | 0.932 |
| Postoperative complication within 30 days after surgery (CDC) | 40 (37.0) | 28 (37.8) | 12 (35.3) | 0.799 |
| 1 | 3 (2.8) | 3 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 2 | 26 (24.1) | 19 (25.7) | 7 (20.6) | |
| 3 | 6 (5.6) | 3 (4.1) | 3 (8.8) | |
| 4 | 4 (3.7) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (2.9) | |
| 5 | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Major complication ≥ CDC 3 | 11 (10.2) | 6 (8.1) | 5 (14.7) | 0.317 |
| Postoperative complication details | ||||
| Anastomosis leakage | 13 (12.0) | 8 (10.8) | 5 (14.7) | 0.542 |
| Urinary dysfunction | 11 (10.2) | 9 (12.2) | 2 (5.9) | 0.497 |
| Wound complication | 7 (6.5) | 5 (6.8) | 2 (5.9) | 1.000 |
| Lymphocele | 4 (3.7) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (2.9) | 1.000 |
| Ileus | 5 (4.6) | 2 (2.7) | 3 (8.8) | 0.323 |
| Anastomosis bleeding | 2 (1.9) | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Internal iliac a. branch bleeding | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.4) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Mortality within 30 days after surgery | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 1 (2.9) | 1.000 |
CDC = Clavien–Dindo classification; LPND = lateral pelvic lymph node dissection. Proportions ( ) are presented for categorical data. Medians and interquartile ranges are presented for continuous data.