Table 6.
Postoperative pain and analgesia.
| Study | Parameter/therapy details | ORHM1 | ORHT2 | LRH3 | TLRH4 |
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| Stipa et al. [33] | Pain intensity: visual analogic scale | No-mild 12/17 (70%) |
No-mild 11/27 (40%) |
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| Moderate-severe 5/17 (30%) |
Moderate-severe 17/27 (60%) |
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| Lindgren et al. [34] ORHM versus ORHT P < 0.05 |
Average total amount ± SD analgesics given | 85 ± 9.8 mg | 50 ± 7.9 mg | ||
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| Brown et al. [35] | Median doses of morphine (range) | 94 mg (21–565) | 101 mg (59–219) | ||
| Discontinued patient-controlled analgesia (days) | 3 (2–7)5 | 4 (2–5) | |||
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| Lohsiriwat et al. [36] ORHT versus LRH P = 0.25 |
Time (days) to discontinuation of IV6 narcotics | 1.4 ± 1.07 | 1.0 ± 0.9 | ||
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| Tan et al. [37] ORH versus LRH P = 0.478 |
Median time of narcotic usage (days) | ORH8 2 | 2 | ||
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| Veenhof et al. [38] | NR9 | NR | |||
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| Tanis et al. [39] ORHM versus ORHT P = 0.430 |
Stop to parenteral analgesia (days): epidural (91%) or patient-controlled (9%) equally distributed between groups | 3 (1–6)5 | 2 (1–6) | ||
1Open right hemicolectomy median incision.
2Open right hemicolectomy transverse incision.
3LRH laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy.
4TLRH totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.
5Median (range).
6Intravenous.
7Mean ± 2 standard deviation.
8Open right hemicolectomy.
9Not reported.