Table 2.

Postoperative short-term outcomes

	Group LME (n = 60)	Group EME (n = 66)	P value
Blood loss, mean ± SD, mL	132.25 ± 85.53	83.10 ± 56.19	0.002
Length of hospital stay, mean ± SD, d	12.64 ± 8.57	10.49 ± 5.17	0.47
Blood transfusion, n (%)	4 (6.7)	6 (9.1)	0.86
Time to return to bowel movements, mean ± SD, d	8.70 ± 3.71	9.13 ± 3.93	0.58
Readmission, n (%)	2 (3.3)	2 (3.0)	1.00
Reoperation, n (%)	3 (5.0)	2 (3.0)	0.91
Postoperative morbidity, n (%)	14 (23.3)	17 (25.8)	0.75
Postoperative complications, n (%)
Wound infection	4 (28.6)	3 (17.6)	0.67
Intra-abdominal abscess	0 (0)	2 (11.8)	0.49
Anastomotic leak	5 (35.7)	2 (11.8)	0.20
Ileus	0 (0)	2 (11.8)	0.49
Intra-abdominal bleeding	2 (14.3)	0 (0)	0.20
Dysfunction of gastrointestinal recovery	2 (14.3)	6 (35.3)	0.24
Other	1 (7.1)	2 (11.8)	1.00

EME, extensive mesenteric excision; LEM, limited mesenteric excision.