Table 3.

Postoperative outcomes and surgical specimen quality

	RRH (n = 35)	LRH (n = 35)	p value
Median length of stay (days)	6	6	0.25
Postoperative complication (%)	17.1% (n = 6)	22.9% (n = 8)	0.27
Anastomotic leak (%)	2.9% (n = 1)	0% (n = 0)	0.16
30-day reoperation (%)	2.9% (n = 1)	0% (n = 0)	0.16
30-day mortality (%)	0% (n = 0)	0% (n = 0)	1.0
SSI (%)	11.4% (n = 4)	14.3% (n = 5)	0.36
Median lymph node yield	17.5	19	0.11
R1 margins (%)	0% (n = 0)	0% (n = 0)	1.0