Table 2.

Postoperative and functional outcomes in the robotic-assisted and open surgeries

Variable	Robotic-assisted surgery (n = 25)	Open surgery (n = 25)	P value
Age (years)	56.36	59.56	0.117
BMI (kg/m2)	31.19	28.84	0.105
Operating time (min)	398 in first 5 cases	240	<0.001
	288 in next 20 cases	247	<0.001
Estimated blood loss (ml)	165.14	406.04	<0.001
Number of lymph nodes removed	16.88	15.20	0.055
Hospital stay (days)	7.52	13.24	<0.001