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Table 2 Demographic and surgical characteristics of the patient

From: Short-term outcomes associated with the use of a new powered circular stapler for rectal reconstructions: a retrospective study comparing it to manual circular staplers using inverse probability of treatment weight analysis

 

Auto (N = 99)

Manual (N = 139)

p-value

Operative period (min)*

265.7 ± 97.8

290.9 ± 109.2

0.063

Operative blood loss (ml)*

24.8 ± 56.1

32.9 ± 82.9

0.37

Procedure (%) Robot

67 (67.7)

27 (19.4)

 < 0.001

Lap

32 (32.3)

112 (80.6)

 

Size of Stapler 25 mm

65 (65.7)

42 (30.2)

 < 0.001

29 mm

34 (34.3)

86 (61.9)

 

other

0 (0)

11 (7.9)

 

LPLN dissection (%)

6 (6.1)

9 (6.5)

1.0

Number of lymph nodes collection *

18.7 ± 9.4

18.7 ± 10.2

0.83

Diverting stoma (%)

Total

42 (42.4)

45 (32.4)

0.15

Ileostomy

13 (13.1)

26 (18.7)

0.022

Colostomy

29 (29.3)

19 (13.7)

First defecation (day)*

4.2 ± 2.9

3.9 ± 2.3

0.12

Postoperative complication (%)**

All grade

34 (34.3)

43 (30.9)

0.68

 ≥ Grade II

23 (23.2)

34 (24.5)

0.83

 ≥ Grade III

5 (5.1)

15 (10.8)

0.12

AL

3 (3.0)

11 (7.9)

0.12

Postoperative hospital stay (day)*

14.4 ± 6.0

14.4 ± 6.8

0.79

  1. LPLN Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node
  2. *Mean±SD, †Pearson’s Chi-squared test
  3. **Clavien-Dindo grade