Table 6.

Clinical Recovery Course According to the Type of Surgery (Case-Control Matching)

	Open (n = 40)	Laparoscopy (n = 40)	P
Time to gas passing (days)	3.2 (1.4)	3.0 (1.7)	.776
Time to drinking water (days)	4.6 (2.2)	3.8 (1.4)	.067
Time to soft diet (days)	5.9 (2.3)	5.2 (1.5)	.080
Length of hospital stay (days)	15.8 (8.9)	14.0 (6.0)	.279
Postoperative hospital stay (days)	12.1 (7.5)	10.7 (6.0)	.361
Complication, n (%)	14 (35.0)	13 (32.6)	1.000
Re-admission, n (%)	2 (5.0)	4 (10.0)	.675
Re-operation, n (%)	2 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	.464
Mortality, n (%)	1 (2.5)	1 (2.5)	1.000

Data are presented as the number of patients (%) or mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated.