Table 1.
Patient characteristics of intracorporeal and extracorporeal groups
| IA Group (RRCIA + LRCIA) N = 156 | EA Group (RRCEA + LRCEA) N = 124 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 64.6 ± 11.1 | 67.2 ± 11.1 | 0.05 |
| Sex, N (%) | 0.06 | |||
| Female | 73 (46.8%) | 72 (58.1%) | ||
| Male | 83 (53.2%) | 52 (41.9%) | ||
| Ethnicity, N (%) | 0.003 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 (12.2%) | 3 (2.4%) | ||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 137 (87.8%) | 121 (97.6%) | ||
| Race, N (%) | 0.05 | |||
| Native American | 2 (1.3%) | 0 | ||
| Asian | 2 (1.3%) | 4 (3.2%) | ||
| Black | 11 (7.1%) | 15 (12.1%) | ||
| White | 140 (89.7%) | 100 (80.6%) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.6%) | 5 (4.0%) | ||
| BMI | Mean ± SD | 30.4 ± 7.2 | 29.6 ± 5.6 | 0.30 |
| ASA Classification, N (%) | 0.33 | |||
| ASA Class 1 | 7 (4.5%) | 4 (3.2%) | ||
| ASA Class 2 | 58 (37.2%) | 46 (37.1%) | ||
| ASA Class 3 | 85 (54.5%) | 60 (48.4%) | ||
| ASA Class 4 | 6 (3.8%) | 14 (11.3%) | ||
| ≥ 1 comorbidities, N (%) | 112 (71.8%) | 102 (82.3%) | 0.04 | |
| Hypertension | 86 (55.1%) | 79 (63.7%) | – | |
| Myocardial infarction | 10 (6.4%) | 6 (4.8%) | – | |
| Congestive heart failure | 4 (2.6%) | 9 (7.3%) | – | |
| Coronary artery disease | 20 (12.8%) | 20 (16.1%) | – | |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 8 (5.1%) | 7 (5.6%) | – | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 10 (6.4%) | 6 (4.8%) | – | |
| COPD | 8 (5.1%) | 7 (5.6%) | – | |
| Diabetes | 29 (18.5%) | 22 (17.7%) | – | |
| Moderate/severe renal disease | 4 (2.6%) | 9 (7.3%) | – | |
| Chronic steroid immunosuppressive use | 2 (1.3%) | 2 (1.6%) | – | |
| Smoking status, N (%) | 0.9373 | |||
| Never smoked | 100 (64.1%) | 82 (66.1%) | ||
| Past smoker | 43 (27.6%) | 32 (25.8%) | ||
| Current smoker | 13 (8.3%) | 10 (8.1%) | ||
| Previous intestinal surgery, N (%) | 54 (34.6%) | 36 (29.0%) | 0.32 | |
| Indication for surgery, N (%) | 0.10 | |||
| Benign neoplasm | 76 (48.7%) | 46 (37.4%) | ||
| Malignant neoplasm | 79 (50.6%) | 76 (61.8%) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | ||
| ERP, N (%) | 100 (64.1%) | 81 (65.3%) | 0.761 | |
RRCIA robotic-assisted right colectomy intracorporeal anastomosis, LRCIA laparoscopic right colectomy intracorporeal anastomosis, RRCEA robotic-assisted right colectomy extracorporeal anastomosis, LRCEA laparoscopic right colectomy extracorporeal anastomosis, BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, SD standard deviation of the mean, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ERP enhanced recovery pathway