Table 2.
Perioperative outcomes comparison using propensity-matched data (783 matched pairs)
| Categorical variable | Sequential firing | Titan | p-value | 95% CI for difference | |||
| Bleed by 72 h | 4 (0.5%) | 5 (0.6%) | 0.74 | (− 0.01, − 0.00) | |||
| Leak by 30 d | 4 (0.5% | 0 (0.0%) | < 0.02 | (0.00, 0.01) | |||
| Readmission by 30 d | 35 (4.5%) | 13 (1.7%) | < 0.01 | (0.01, 0.05) | |||
| Reoperation by 30 d | 8 (1.0%) | 3 (0.4%) | 0.13 | (− 0.00, 0.01) | |||
| Stricture by 30 d | 2 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | –- | (− 0.0, 0.01) | |||
| Intervention by 30 d | 13 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | –- | (− 0.03, − 0.01) | |||
| N/V and related by 30 d | 83 (10.6%) | 72 (9.2%) | 0.36 | (− 0.04, 0.02) | |||
| Organ space SSI | 6 (0.8%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.06 | (− 0.01, 0.00) | |||
| Deep incisional SSI | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | –- | –- | |||
| Superficial incisional SSI | 12 (1.5%) | 5 (0.6%) | 0.09 | (− 0.01, − 0.02) | |||
| LOS | < 0.01 | N/A | |||||
| Same day | 3 (0.4%) | 301 (38.4%) | |||||
| 1 day | 506 (64.6%) | 401 (51.2%) | |||||
| 2–7 days | 269 (34.4%) | 81 (10.3%) | |||||
| > 7 days | 5 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Continuous variable | Sequential Firing | Titan | |||||
| Median (IQR) | Mean (S.D.) | Median (IQR) | Mean (S.D.) | p-value | 95% CI for shift | ||
| OR time (min.) | 55 (41–69) | 59 (24) | 47 (38–60) | 51 (19) | < 0.01 | (4.0, 7.0) | |
| % weight loss to 6 m | 22 (19–27) | 23 (7) | 21 (17–25) | 21 (6) | < 0.01 | (− 2.7, − 0.7) | |