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Table 3 Postoperative outcome differences between open and laparoscopic surgery after IPTW analysis

From: Comparisons of postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic versus open surgery using inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis: an evidence from Iran

Postoperative outcomes

Frequency (percent)

P-value

Open surgery

Laparoscopic surgery

Death due to cancer

No

606.4 (64.84)

752.8 (81.75)

< 0.001***

Yes

328.8 (35.16)

168.1 (18.25)

Recurrence

No

771.9 (82.53)

858.5 (93.22)

< 0.001***

Yes

163.4 (17.47)

62.43 (6.78)

Metastasis

No

694.7 (74.28)

760 (82.53)

0.028**

Yes

240.5 (25.72)

160.9 (17.47)

  1. Significant on level of **0.05 and ***0.01
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