Table 3.

Postoperative (30 days) morbidity, wound infection, and incisional hernia.

Study	Postoperative complications	Surgical technique
		ORHM1	ORHT2	LRH3	TLRH4
Stipa et al. [33]	Complications/patient (%)	7/27 (25)	1/17 (6)
	Wound infection	3	1
	Pleural effusion	1	0
	DVT5	1	0
	Hemorrhage	1	0
	UTI6	1	0
	Incisional hernia	NR7	NR
Lindgren et al. [34]	Complications/patient (%)	8/23 (35)	2/17 (12)
	Wound infection	1	0
	Pneumonia	3	0
	Anastomotic bleeding	1	0
	Subcutaneous wound rupture	1	0
	Bowel obstruction	2	0
	Atrial fibrillation	0	1
	UTI	0	1
	Incisional hernia	NR	NR
Brown et al. [35]	Complications/patients (%)	2/14 (14)	3/14 (21)
	Wound infection	NR	NR
	Prolonged ileus	1	2
	Chest infection	0	1
	Rectal bleeding 1/14	1	0
	Incisional hernia	NR	NR
Lohsiriwat et al. [36]	Wound infection/patients (%)		1/20 (5)	0
	Incisional hernia		NR	NR
Tan et al. [37]	Complications/patients (%)	ORH (ORHM + ORHT) 2/40 (5)		5/37 (14)
	Wound infection	1		2
	Intra-abdominal abscess	0		1
	Cardiac complication	1		1
	Respiratory complication	0		1
	Incisional hernia	NR		NR
Veenhof et al. [38]	Postoperative complications/patient (%)		9/28 (32)		7/25 (28)
	Wound infection		2		1
	Pneumonia		2		2
	Anastomotic leak		0		1
	Ileus		4		3
	UTI		4		1
	Incisional hernia		3		1
Tanis et al. [39]	Postoperative complications/patient (%)	10/22 (41)	3/23 (13)	6/30 (20)
	Wound infection	NR	NR	NR
	Incisional hernia	2	0	2

¹Open right hemicolectomy median incision.

²Open right hemicolectomy transverse incision.

³Laparoscopic-assisted right hemicolectomy.

⁴Totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.

⁵Deep venous thrombosis.

⁶Urinary tract infection.

⁷Not reported.