Table 2.

Clinical and operative variables. BMI = Body Mass Index.

Variable	Group T	Group L	p Value
No. of cases	16	5
age	76 (67-88)	72.2 (65-77)	0.24
BMI	22.3	23	0.74
Sex (M/F)	2/14	2/3	0.17
Operation time	404∗∗	285	<0.01∗
Intra-operative estimated blood loss	870	137	<0.01∗
Post-operative hospitalization days	43.9	26.8	0.03∗

∗ Statistically significant.

∗∗ In staged cases, time of second surgery was adopted.