Table 2.

Baseline surgical aspects of the included patients per group.

Variable	LSKS-SRLA (n = 87)	LSLA-SRLA (n = 159)	P
Operation time (min)	196.8 ± 12.7	239.5 ± 35.5	0.000
Estimated blood loss (ml)	169.5 ± 83.4	183.0 ± 84.7	0.231
Length of incision (cm)	9.1 ± 1.6	22.2 ± 2.8	0.000
Total no. of retrieved lymph nodes	45.8 ± 5.6	46.2 ± 6.3	0.640
No. of splenic region lymph nodes	2.89 ± 1.04	3.90 ± 1.05	0.000
Postoperative hospital stay (days)	11.03 ± 2.51	14.04 ± 4.03	0.000

LSKS-SRLA = laparoscopic splenic regional lymphadenectomy with spleen kept in situ; LSLA-SRLA = laparotomy with spleen lifted out of the abdomen.