Table 4.
Patients Stratified into 25-Patient Consecutive Cohorts for Illustrative Purposes
| Robotic Fundoplication Cohorts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–25 | 26–50 | 51–75 | 76–100 | Total/P-Value | |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age | 61 | 36–86 (64 ± 12.9) | 66 | 59–72 (67 ± 9.6) | 67 | 47–87 (67 ± 8.4) | 67 | 39–76 (65 ± 9.7) | P = 0.67 |
| Gender, men/women | 32% M/68% W | 28% M/72% W | 36% M/64% W | 6% M/94% W | 27% M/73% W |
| BMI | 26 | 19–31 (25 ± 2.8) | 26 | 19–31 (25 ± 2.9) | 26 | 21–32 (26 ± 2.6) | 26 | 18–29 (25 ± 3.6) | P = 0.55 |
| Reoperative fundoplication | 11 patients (44%) | 11 patients (44%) | 5 patients (20%) | 10 patients (63%) | 37 | P = 0.89 |
| Giant hiatal herniam type IV | 9 patients (35%) | 9 patients (35%) | 5 patients (19%) | 3 patients (16%) | 26 | P = 0.43 |
| Previous abdominal operation | 18 patients (72%) | 23 patients (92%) | 23 patients (92%) | 25 patients (100%) | 89 | P = 0.03 * |
| Intraoperative Course | |||||
| Operative duration, min | 197 | 88–430(214 ± 76.1) | 190 | 91–315(194 ± 68.9) | 153 | 39–375(187 ± 77.2) | 143 | 121–393(186 ± 76.7) | P = 0.05* |
| Blood loss, mL | 28 | 10–350 (53 ± 72.7) | 20 | 5–350 (65 ± 92.5) | 20 | 2–500 (49 ± 104.2) | 22 | 5–150 (32 ± 35.0) | P = 0.40 |
| Conversions, to LESS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P = 0.42 |
| Concomitant procedures | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | P = 0.27 |
| Intraoperative complications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P = 0.99 |
| Postoperative Course | |||||
| Length of stay, days | 1 | 0–8 (2 ± 1.7) | 1 | 0–8 (2 ± 2.3) | 1 | 0–21 (3 ± 4.3) | 1 | 1–24 (4 ± 5.9) | P = 0.21 |
| Postoperative complications | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | P = 0.75 |
| In-hospital mortality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P = 0.99 |
| Readmission | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P = 0.13 |
Values are meant as mean ± SD. BMI, body mass index.