Table 2.

Outcomes between DL (laparoscopy only) group and laparotomy (conversion to open) group

	DL (n = 204)	Laparotomy (n = 112)	p value
SSI, n (%)	1 (0.5)	1 (0.9)	1*
Pneumonia, n (%)	8 (3.9)	7 (6.3)	0.5*
DVT, n (%)	0 (0)	2 (1.8)	0.12*
Vent days, median	0	0	0.68+
ICU LOS, median (days)	0	0	0.53+
Hospital LOS, mean (days)	2.2	4.5	< 0.05#
Deaths, n (%)	3 (1.5)	2 (1.8)	1*

SSI surgical site infection, DVT deep venous thrombosis, Vent ventilator, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay

^*Fischer’s Exact test

⁺Mann–Whitney U test

^#Chi-squared test