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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2016 Dec;264(6):1044–1050. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001541

TABLE 2.

Procedure Characteristics and Unadjusted Pain Scores on the First Day After Colorectal Resection

N (%) Postoperative Day #1 pain score (mean±SE) P
Type of operation <0.001
 Open segmental colectomy or small bowel resection without ostomy 3339 (46.2) 5.2±0.04
 Minimally invasive segmental colectomy or small bowel resection without ostomy 2137 (29.6) 4.7± 0.05
 Open segmental colectomy or small bowel resection with ostomy 975 (13.5) 5.3± 0.08
 Minimally invasive segmental colectomy or small bowel resection with ostomy 146 (2.0) 5.1±0.20
 Open total colectomy or proctocolectomy 207 (2.9) 5.3±0.17
 Minimally invasive total colectomy or proctocolectomy 100 (1.4) 5.5±0.24
 Open proctectomy, not APR 58 (0.8) 4.7±0.32
 Open APR 100 (1.4) 5.8±0.24
 Minimally invasive APR 34 (0.5) 5.8±0.42
 Other 125 (1.7) 5.6 ±0.22
Approach <0.001
 Minimally invasive 2500 (34.6) 4.8±0.05
 Minimally invasive, converted to open 637 (8.8) 5.2±0.10
 Open 4084 (56.6) 5.2±0.04
Case status <0.001
 Emergency 1452 (20.1) 5.3± 0.06
 Urgent 1493 (20.7) 5.6±0.06
 Elective 4276 (59.2) 4.8± 0.04
Estimated blood loss 0.07
 <100 3183 (44.1) 5.0±0.04
 100–500 3524 (48.8) 5.1±0.04
 500–1000 398 (5.5) 5.3±0.12
 >1000 116 (1.6) 5.4±0.23
Operative duration 0.07
 <2 h 3053 (42.3) 5.0±0.04
 2–3 h 2167 (30.0) 5.0±0.05
 3–4 h 1122 (15.5) 5.2±0.07
 >4 h 879 (12.2) 5.2±0.08

APR, abdominoperineal resection; SE, standard error.