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Table 4 Comparison of operative results between LS and RALS

From: Postoperative urinary dysfunction following lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer via minimally invasive surgery

Factor

LS

n = 63

RALS

n = 37

p value

Surgical procedure (APR/LAR, ISR, Hartmann)

38/25

12/25

< 0.01

Operative time (minutes)

527 (385–833)

626 (385–815)

< 0.01

Blood loss (ml)

100 (10-2300)

50 (15–560)

< 0.01

LLND laterality (bilateral/unilateral)

36/27

29/8

0.03

LLND time (minutes)

   

・Bilateral

156 (95–256)

170 (90–230)

0.51

・Unilateral

80 (47–120)

94 (72–143)

0.36

Harvested LN (total)

26 (6–59)

26.5 (5–76)

0.66

Harvested LN (LLND)

11 (2–33)

11 (1–40)

0.57

IVA resection (yes/no)

7/56

3/34

0.74

LCA preservation (yes/no)

17/31

0/27

< 0.01

DS creation (yes/no)

23/33

22/11

0.03

IOCs (yes/no)

18/44

7/27

0.37

Conversion to open surgery (yes/no)

1/62

0/37

1.00

POCs (CD ≥ Grade 2) (yes/no)

33/30

26/11

0.08

・Urinary dysfunction (yes/no)

15/48

11/26

0.51

・Ileus (yes/no)

6/57

6/31

0.32

・SSI (yes/no)

6/57

0/37

0.08

・Anastomotic leakage (yes/no)

3/60

2/35

1.00

・High output syndrome (yes/no)

1/62

3/34

0.14

Duration of urinary catheterization (days)

4 (2–55)

5 (2-459)

< 0.01

Postoperative length of stay (days)

15 (7–73)

16 (11–42)

0.34

  1. Abbreviations: LS: laparoscopic surgery; RALS: robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery; APR: abdominoperineal resection; LAR: low anterior resection; ISR: intersphincteric resection; LLND: lateral lymph node dissection; LN: lymph node; IVA: inferior vesical artery; LCA: left colic artery; DS: diverting stoma; IOCs: intraoperative complications; POCs: postoperative complications; CD: Clavien-Dindo classification; SSI: surgical site infection; DUC: duration of urinary catheterization