Table 2.
Clinical and pathologic outcomes
| LERH(n = 48) | OERH (n = 57) | P value | |
| Operating time (min) | 244.4 (84.8) | 170.7 (49.7) | < 0.001 |
| Estimated blood loss (mL) | 111.7 (127.8) | 170.2 (49.7) | 0.023 |
| Time to flatus (d) | 3.0 (1.6) | 3.7 (1.3) | 0.019 |
| Time to diet (d) | 4.2 (1.4) | 5.0 (1.2) | 0.005 |
| Postoperative hospital stay (d) | 10.1 (8.3) | 11.3 (7.4) | 0.328 |
| Tumor size(cm) | 4.5 (1.4) | 5.1 (2.2) | 0.124 |
| Proximal resection margin (cm) | 17.3 (3.6) | 17.2 (3.3) | 0.904 |
| Distal resection margin (cm) | 13.5 (2.9) | 14.8 (4.2) | 0.080 |
| No. of lymph nodes harvested | 17.1 (10.0) | 17.3 (11.1) | 0.910 |
LERH: Laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy; OERH: Open extended right hemicolectomy.