TABLE 2.
30-Day Post-Operative Outcomes for Ulcerative Colitis Patient’s Undergoing MIS Resection
| Outcome (%) | UC Laparoscopic 1804 (80.8) |
UC Robotic 430 (19.3) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall morbiditya | 408 (22.6) | 89 (20.7) | 0.390 |
| Serious morbidityb | 206 (11.4) | 53 (12.3) | 0.598 |
| Anastomotic leak | 22 (1.8) | 3 (3.3) | 0.414 |
| Wound infection | 76 (4.2) | 15 (3.5) | 0.495 |
| Organ space SSI | 118 (6.5) | 36 (8.4) | 0.178 |
| Pneumonia | 21 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 0.998 |
| UTI | 28 (1.6) | 11 (2.6) | 0.152 |
| VTE | 69 (3.8) | 8 (1.9) | 0.045 |
| Cardiac | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0.575 |
| Shock/sepsis | 84 (4.7) | 15 (3.5) | 0.290 |
| Unplanned intubation | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0.999 |
| Bleeding requiring transfusion | 157 (8.7) | 20 (4.7) | 0.005 |
| Renal complications | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.7) | 0.090 |
| On ventilator >24hrs | 5 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | 0.999 |
| Unplanned conversion to open | 27 (1.5) | 9 (2.1) | 0.377 |
| Ileus | 174 (14.3) | 12 (13.0) | 0.731 |
| Readmission | 254 (14.1) | 85 (19.8) | 0.003 |
| Reoperation | 97 (5.4) | 22 (5.1) | 0.829 |
| Mortality | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.999 |
| Operative time, median (IQR) | 210 (164,268) | 297 (224,363) | <0.001 |
| LOS, median (IQR) | 4 (3,7) | 4 (3,6) | 0.999 |
a
Overall morbidity: Wound infection, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, VTE, cardiac complication, shock/sepsis, unplanned intubation, bleeding transfusion, renal complication, on ventilator >48 hours, organ space SSI, and anastomotic leak.
b
Serious morbidity: Clavien-Dindo III-IV (cardiac complication, shock/sepsis, unplanned intubation, renal complication, on ventilator >48 hours, organ space SSI, and reoperation).
Abbreviations: MIS, Minimally Invasive Surgery; LOS; SSI, Surgical Site Infection; UTI, Urinary Tract Infection; VTE, Venous Thromboembolism; IQR, Interquartile Range; LOS, length of stay.