Table 4.
Short-term surgical outcomes
| Variable | RPLS vs. MPLS |
P-value | SILS vs. 3-Port |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPLS (n = 115) | MPLS (n = 490) | SILS (n = 59) | 3-Port (n = 56) | |||
| Maximal VAS pain score | 4.6 ± 1.5 | 4.6 ± 1.7 | 0.807 | 4.8 ± 1.6 | 4. 5± 1.5 | 0.290 |
| Time to first flatus (day) | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 0.070 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 0.152 |
| Hospital stay (day) | 9.1 ± 3.6 | 8.8 ± 3.2 | 0.374 | 9.2 ± 4.3 | 9.0 ± 2.6 | 0.841 |
| Postoperative complications | 16 (13.9) | 47 (9.9) | 0.208 | 11 (18.6) | 5 (8.9) | 0.132 |
| Complication grade | ||||||
| None | 99 (86.0) | 429 (90.1) | 0.171 | 48 (81.3) | 51 (91.1) | 0.360 |
| I | 10 (8.7) | 18 (3.8) | 6 (10.2) | 4 (7.1) | ||
| II | 5 (4.4) | 24 (5.0) | 4 (6.8) | 1 (1.8) | ||
| III | 1 (0.9) | 5 (1.1) | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| IV | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).
RPLS, reduced-port laparoscopic surgery; MPLS, multiport laparoscopic surgery; SILS, single-incision laparoscopic surgery; 3-Port, 3-port laparoscopic surgery; VAS, visual analogue scale.