Table 3.
Procedure-related details, length of stay, reoperation, and readmission
| Variables | Overall (N = 262) |
Preoperative TAP (n = 240) |
Postoperative TAP (n = 22) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical procedure, no. (%) | 0.554 | |||
| Surg_type1a | 195 (74.4) | 178 (74.2) | 17 (77.3) | |
| Surg_type2b | 38 (14.5) | 36 (15.0) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Surg_type3c | 11 (4.2) | 9 (3.8) | 2 (9.1) | |
| Surg_type4d | 18 (6.9) | 17 (7.1) | 1 (4.5) | |
| Surgical approach, no. (%) | 0.439 | |||
| Open | 69 (26.3) | 62 (25.8) | 7 (31.8) | |
| Laparoscopic | 79 (30.2) | 75 (31.2) | 4 (18.2) | |
| Robotic | 114 (43.5) | 103 (42.9) | 11 (50.0) | |
| Procedure details | ||||
| Emergent procedure, no. (%) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (4.5) | 0.161 |
| Procedure length, minutes (SD) | 208.38 (96.27) | 207.79 (97.16) | 214.82 (87.76) | 0.655 |
| EBL in mL, mean (SD) | 100.05 (185.54) | 100.43 (190.96) | 95.91 (113.14) | 0.855 |
| LOS in days, mean (SD) | 4.92 (5.95) | 4.82 (5.62) | 6.00 (8.87) | 0.836 |
| Readmission rate, no. (%) | 29 (11.2) | 28 (11.8) | 1 (4.5) | 0.485 |
| Reoperation rate, no. (%) | 5 (1.9) | 4 (1.7) | 1 (4.5) | 0.901 |
EBL estimated blood loss, LOS length of day, SD standard deviation, TAP transversus abdominis plane
asurg_type1 includes hemicolectomy, sigmoidectomy, low anterior resection, total abdominal colectomy and abdominoperineal resection
bsurg_type2 includes ostomy reversal
csurg_type3 includes ostomy creation
dsurg_type4 includes appendectomy, exploratory laparotomy, lysis of adhesion, and rectopexy