Table 3.

Surgical and postoperative data

Variable (mean ± SD)	DAA	PLA	P-Value
Operative time, min	88.0 ± 4.5	66.8 ± 4.5	< .001
Wound length, cm	9.1 ± 0.6	13.5 ± 0.9	< .001
Length of hospital stay, day	4.2 ± 1.0	4.7 ± 0.7	0.004
HHS
1 week post-op	78.7 ± 3.3	71.7 ± 4.1	< .001
3 weeks post-op	84.2 ± 3.4	77.2 ± 3.2	< .001
6 weeks post-op	88.7 ± 2.5	80.0 ± 2.6	< .001
3 months post-op	91.6 ± 1.1	91.3 ± 1.3	0.100
6 months post-op	93.0 ± 1.5	92.9 ± 1.4	0.672
VAS
1 week post-op	2.1 ± 0.7	3.0 ± 0.7	< .001
3 weeks post-op	1.0 ± 0.6	1.7 ± 0.8	< .001
6 weeks post-op	0.5 ± 0.5	0.9 ± 0.8	< .001
3 months post-op	0.3 ± 0.5	0.4 ± 0.5	0.599
6 months post-op	0.2 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.4	0.680