Table 3.

Postoperative outcomes and complications

Unmatched cohort (n = 105)
Variables	RPSS group ( n = 26 )	EC group ( n = 79 )	p value
Postoperative outcomes
Time to start eatinga day	4 (3)	3 (3)	0.82
Time before first flatusa day	2 (2)	2 (2)	0.37
Postoperative hospital staya day	9 (6.5)	10 (8)	0.61
VAS score on POD0a	4 (3)	4 (4)	0.56
Readmission, N (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Complications (Clavian Dindo grade ≧ I)
Wound infection, N (%)	1 (3.8)	2 (2.5)	1.0
Urinary tract infection, N (%)	0 (0)	3 (3.8)	0.57
Lymphorrhoea, N (%)	2 (7.7)	2 (2.5)	0.26
Ileus, N (%)	1 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	1.0
Anastomotic leakage, N (%)	0 (0)	1 (1.3)	1.0
Abdominal incisional hernia, N (%)	1 (3.8)	2 (2.5)	0.74
Matched cohort after a 1:1 Propensity score matching (n = 46)
Variables	RPSS group ( n = 23 )	EC group ( n = 23 )	p value
Postoperative outcomes
Time to start eatinga day	4 (3)	3 (2)	0.61
Time before first flatusa day	2 (2)	2 (1)	0.84
Postoperative hospital staya day	9 (8)	10 (11)	0.91
VAS score on POD0a	3.5 (3)	4 (2)	0.50
Readmission, N (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Complications (Clavian Dindo grade ≧ I)
Wound infection, N (%)	1 (4.4)	1 (4.4)	1.0
Urinary tract infection, N (%)	0 (0)	1 (4.4)	0.31
Lymphorrhoea, N (%)	2 (8.7)	1 (4.4)	0.55
Ileus, N (%)	1 (4.4)	2 (8.7)	0.55
Anastomotic leakage, N (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Abdominal incisional hernia, N (%)	1 (4.4)	0 (0)	0.31

VAS Visual analogue scale, POD Postoperative day

^aValues are median (IQR)