Table 5.
Post-operative course
| RACRS | LCRS | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalization time, median [range]a | 5 [3–30] | 5 [3–35] | |
| Complications < 30 days, % (n/ntotal)b | 47.6% (98/206) | 49.4% (85/172) | 0.721 |
| 1 | 43.9% (43/98) | 36.5% (31/85) | 0.784 |
| 2 | 23.5% (23/98) | 29.4% (25/85) | |
| 3 | 20.4% (20/98) | 20.0% (17/85) | |
| 4 | 11.2% (11/98) | 11.8% (10/85) | |
| 5 | 1.0% (1/98) | 2.4% (2/85) | |
| Complications < 90 days, % (n/ntotal)b | 50.5% (95/188) | 48.4% (77/159) | 0.696 |
| 1 | 41.1% (39/95) | 36.4% (28/77) | 0.681 |
| 2 | 23.2% (22/95) | 26.0% (20/77) | |
| 3 | 24.2% (23/95) | 20.8% (16/77) | |
| 4 | 10.5% (10/95) | 13.0% (10/77) | |
| 5 | 1.1% (1/95) | 3.9% (3/77) | |
| Complications > 90 days, % (n/ntotal)b | 12.9% (19/147) | 10.9% (14/128) | 0.613 |
| 1 | 47.4% (9/19) | 71.4% (10/14) | 0.182 |
| 2 | 5.3% (1/19) | 7.1% (1/14) | |
| 3 | 47.4% (9/19) | 14.3% (2/14) | |
| 4 | 0.0% (0/19) | 7.1% (1/14) | |
| Anastomotic leakage rate, % (n/ntotal) | 4.1% (7/170) | 5.2% (8/153) | 0.636 |
| After colon surgery | 1.6% (2/124) | 4.5% (6/133) | 0.181 |
| After rectal surgery | 10.9% (5/46) | 10.0% (2/20) | 0.916 |
| Re-operation rate, % (n/ntotal) | 10.2% (21/206) | 14.0% (24/172) | 0.261 |
| After colon surgery | 7.8% (10/129) | 11.6% (16/138) | 0.290 |
| After rectal surgery | 14.3% (11/77) | 23.5% (8/34) | 0.233 |
| 30-day mortality, % (n/ntotal) | 0.5% (1/206) | 1.2% (2/172) | 0.460 |
| After colon surgery | 0.0% (0/129) | 1.4% (2/138) | 0.170 |
| After rectal surgery | 1.3% (1/77) | 0.0% (0/34) | 0.504 |
a Hospitalization time in days
b Scored with Clavien–Dindo classification