Table 3.

Length of stay

		Intracorporeal anastomosis	Extracorporeal anastomosis	P value
Time until resumption of gas evacuation (d)	Median	3	3.5	< 0.0001
	Min-max	1-6	1-6
Time until resumption of bowel movements (d)	Median	3.8	4.9	< 0.0001
	Min-max	1-7	2-7
Time until removal of nasogastric tube (d)	Median	1.8	3	< 0.0001
	Min-max	0-11	0-6
Time until resumption of liquid diet (d)	Median	3.5	4.5	< 0.0001
	Min-max	2-12	2-10
Time to resumption of solid diet (d)	Median	4.6	5.7	< 0.0001
	Min-max	2-12	3-11
Discharge (d)	Median	7.4	8.5	NS
	Min-max	4-19	5-25	0.5424

NS: Not significant.