Table 2.
Surgical details, peri-operative and post-operative complications
| All (N = 95) | LPT (N = 44) | MIS (N = 52) | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operative time, min | 0.021 | |||
| Median (range) | 150 (50–400) | 180 (60–300) | 130 (50–400) | |
| Estimated blood loss, cc | < 0.0001 | |||
| Median (range) | 100 (10–2500) | 200 (100–2500) | 50 (10–600) | |
| Length of hospitalization, days | < 0.0001 | |||
| Median (range) | 4 (2–21) | 6.5 (2–21) | 3 (2–10) | |
| Patients with intra-operative complications | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Right obturator vein lesion | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Patients with post-operative complications | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.023b |
| Grade II | ||||
| Atrial fibrillation | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Lung failure and delirium | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Lower limb neuropathy | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Wound dehiscence | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Grade III | ||||
| Pelvic lymphocele requiring drainage | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Hemoperitoneum | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Grade V | ||||
| Death (duodenal perforation) | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Death (abdominal abscess) | 1 | 1 | – | |
acalculated by the Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous data; bcalculated by the Fisher’s exact test