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Published in final edited form as: Endoscopy. 2010 Oct 19;42(12):1096–1103. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1255824

Table 2.

Characteristics of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery procedures performed using three different access routes.

	Overall n = 30	Transgastric anterior n = 10	Transgastric posterior n = 10	Transrectal n = 10	P
Weight, median (range), kg	30 (27 – 44)	31 (29 – 34)	30 (27 – 44)	30 (28 – 34)	n. s.
Incision time, median (range), seconds	443 (36 – 1180)	540 (241 – 910)	532 (173 – 1180)	175 (36 – 240)	n. s.
Visualized structures, median (range)	10 (6 – 10)	10 (7 – 10)^*	9 (6 – 10)^*	10 (7 – 10)	n. s.
Peritoneoscopy time, median (range), seconds	1145 (685 – 1980)	1034 (815 – 1740)	1149 (685 – 1980)	1253 (900 – 1584)	n. s.
Total procedure time, median (range), seconds	1632 (1073 – 3344)	1656 (1355 – 2770)	2235 (1123 – 3344)	1417 (1073 – 3240)	n. s.
Correct incision point, n	22	5	7	10	n. s.

P = 0.04

n. s., not significant.