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. 2013 May 19;2013:283438. doi: 10.1155/2013/283438

Table 2.

Intraoperative and pathological data.

Parameters SILC (n = 50) MIS (n = 50) P value
Operative time (min) 127.9 ± 37.6 126.7 ± 63.6 0.9
Estimated blood loss (cc) 64.4 ± 64.7 87.2 ± 89.8 0.15
Complications (%) 1.0 (2%) 0 1.0
Conversion to open surgery (%) 0 1.0 (2%) 0.31
Extracted lymph nodes 21.4 ± 8.4 19.2 ± 7.6 0.17
Positive margins 0 0

MIS: minimally invasive group composed of conventional multiport and hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SILC: single-incision colectomy group.