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Published in final edited form as: Surg Endosc. 2017 Oct 24;32(4):2131–2136. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5911-4

Table 2.

Preoperative comorbidities and perioperative characteristics

Robot (n = 69) Lap (n = 241) Open (n = 191) p value
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 37.7 (26)a 30.7 (74) 37.7 (72) 0.26
 COPDb 1.5 (1) 0.4 (1) 2.6 (5) 0.15
 Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 1.5 (1) 0.4 (1) 1.6 (3) 0.72
 Dialysis-dependent 1.5 (1) 0 (0) 1.6 (3) 0.15
 Current tobacco use 23.2 (16) 18.3 (44) 28.3 (54) 0.05
 Heart failure 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.5 (1) 0.44
 Bleeding disorder 1.5 (1) 0.4 (1) 1.1 (2) 0.62
 Ascites 0 (0) 0 (0) 2.6 (5) 0.02
 Steroid use 2.9 (2) 0.8 (2) 1.6 (3) 0.42
Perioperative characteristics Concurrent operation 1.5 (1) 0.8 (2) 1.6 (3) 0.76
 ASAc
  Class I 13.0 (9) 17.4 (42) 16.2 (31) 0.003
  Class II 72.5 (50) 67.2 (162) 55.0 (105)
  Class III 14.5 (10) 15.4 (37) 26.2 (50)
  Class IV 0 (0) 0 (0) 2.6 (5)
a

Percent (n), all such values

b

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

c

American Society of Anesthesiologists