Table 2.
Intra-operative results.
| Study | Mean operating time/min (SD/range) | p value | Mean est. blood loss/mL (SD/range) | p value | No. of patients requiring transfusion (%) | p value | Length of stay/days (SD/range) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulet et al.21 | Short | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | NI | NI | NI | NI | |||||
| Krigbaum et al.22 | Short | 66 (30.00) | < 0.001* | NI | NI | NI | NI | 6.9 (4.8) | 0.018* |
| Long | 90 (48.00) | NI | NI | 9.1 (8.9) | |||||
| Kleweno et al.23 | Short | 51 (22.00) | < 0.00* | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | 70 (35.00) | NI | NI | NI | |||||
| Hou et al.18 | Short | 41 (range 19–106) | < 0.000* | 100 | 0.031* | 42 (42.0%) | 0.462 | 6.4 | 0.383 |
| Long | 61 (range 16–216) | 135 | 83 (45.4%) | 6.8 | |||||
| Frisch et al.24 | Short | 63.8 (20.00) | 0.001* | Long 161.4 (122.40) | 0.002* | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | 82.6 (26.40) | Short 208.1 (116.90) | NI | NI | |||||
| Vaughn et al.12 | Short | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | NI | NI | NI | NI | |||||
| Boone et al.25 | Short | 44.0 (10.70) | < 0.001* | 92.6 (47.20) | 0.002* | 33 (40.2%) | 0.002* | 7.7 (4.10) | 0.393 |
| Long | 56.8 (19.40) | 135.5 (91.90) | 68 (57.1%) | 8.0 (4.50) | |||||
| Guo et al.26 | Short | 43.5 (12.30) | 0.002* | 90.7 (50.60) | 0.004* | 42.3% | 0.041* | 12.9 (6.50) | 0.420 |
| Long | 58.5 (20.30) | 127.8 (85.90) | 56.7% | 12.7 (6.20) | |||||
| Sellan et al.27 | Short | 60 (range 30–120) | 0.021* | NI | NI | 33 (46.4%) | 0.364 | 20.2 (2.80) | 0.345 |
| Long | 73 (range 30–203) | NI | 16 (41.0%) | 15.7 (3.70) | |||||
| Okcu et al.28 | Short | 52.6 (range 34–65) | < 0.001* | NI | NI | NI | NI | 5.4 (range 2–11) | 0.510 |
| Long | 71.8 (range 57–94) | NI | NI | 4.9 (range 2–9) | |||||
| Hong et al.29 | Short | 73 (range 40–121) | 0.617 | NI | NI | NI | NI | 15.5 (range 4–53) | 0.793 |
| Long | 78.2 (range 29–315) | NI | NI | 14.0 (range 3–30) | |||||
| Sadeghi et al.20 | Short | 47.4 (22.80) | NI | 99.8 (105.50) | NI | NI | NI | 5.34 (4.24) | NI |
| Long | 62.7 (33.10) | 135.7 (151.70) | NI | 5.57 (4.43) | |||||
| Li et al.30 | Short | 53.08 (8.51) | 0.000* | 69.95 (21.55) | 0.063 | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | 60.61 (11.43) | 77.97 (31.88) | NI | NI | |||||
| Raval et al.31 | Short | 58.6 (12.60) | 0.016* | Long 172.7 (156.90) | 0.042* | 4 (10.0%) | 0.210 | 11.1 (6.20) | 0.937 |
| Long | 87.7 (32.60) | Short 341.7 (191.80) | 8 (20.0%) | 10.9 (4.80) | |||||
| Bovbjerg et al.32 | Short | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | NI | NI | NI | NI | |||||
| Shannon et al.33 | Short | 51 (range 48–55) | < 0.0001* | 70 (range 61–79) | < 0.001* | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| Long | 80 (range 74–87) | 207 (range 185–229) | NI | NI | |||||
NI no information.
*Indicates statistically significant difference reported.