Table 1 Demographics and surgical outcomes of LSC and RAS colon surgery. Abbreviations: LSC: laparoscopy; RAS: robotic assisted surgery; PSM: propensity score matching; ERAS: enhanced recovery after surgery; RH: right hemicolectomy; LH: left hemicolectomy; AR: anterior resection.

From: Learning curve and surgical outcome of robotic assisted colorectal surgery with ERAS program

Colon surgery

Original data

PSM (Gender, age, ASA, lesion sideness)

Robotic ERAS PSM

LSC all (n = 103)

RAS all (n = 74)

pvalue

LSC (n = 71)

RAS (n = 71)

p value

Convention LSC (n = 50)

Robotic ERAS (n = 50)

p value

Gender

  

0.429

 

1.000

 

0.838

Male

40 (39%)

34 (46%)

 

32 (45%)

32 (45%)

 

19 (38%)

21 (42%)

 

Female

63 (61%)

40 (54%)

 

39 (55%)

39 (55%)

 

31 (62%)

29 (58%)

 

Age

66.0 (53.0–76.0)

62.0 (50.0–72.3)

0.392

66.0 (55.0–75.0)

62.0 (50.0–72.0)

0.176

64.0 (55.8–78.0)

61.5 (50.8–71.3)

0.191

ASA

  

0.827

  

0.852

  

0.378

1 + 2

71 (69%)

53 (72%)

 

50 (70%)

52 (73%)

 

33 (66%)

38 (76%)

 

3

32 (31%)

21 (28%)

 

21 (30%)

19 (27%)

 

17 (34%)

12 (24%)

 

BMI

  

0.676

  

0.384

  

0.841

< 24.9

65 (64%)

44 (59%)

 

48 (68%)

42 (59%)

 

26 (52%)

28 (56%)

 

≥ 25

37 (36%)

30 (41%)

 

23 (32%)

29 (41%)

 

24 (48%)

22 (44%)

 

Disease

  

0.677

  

1.000

  

0.758

Benign

16 (16%)

9 (12%)

 

9 (13%)

9 (13%)

 

7 (14%)

5 (10%)

 

Malignant

87 (84%)

65 (88%)

 

62 (87%)

62 (87%)

 

43 (86%)

45 (90%)

 

Adenocarcinoma

86 (83%)

65 (88%)

0.555

62 (87%)

62 (87%)

1.000

42 (84%)

45 (90%)

0.552

Lesion sideness

  

0.158

  

1.000

  

0.809

Right (A, T)

41 (40%)

21 (28%)

 

20 (28%)

20 (28%)

 

10 (20%)

12 (24%)

 

Left (D, S)

62 (60%)

53 (72%)

 

51 (72%)

51 (72%)

 

40 (80%)

38 (76%)

 

Surgery type

  

0.405

  

0.738

  

0.598

RH

37 (36%)

18 (24%)

 

19 (27%)

17 (24%)

 

9 (18%)

11 (22%)

 

LH

5 (5%)

4 (5%)

 

5 (7%)

4 (6%)

 

4 (8%)

2 (4%)

 

AR

59 (57%)

51 (69%)

 

47 (66%)

49 (69%)

 

37 (74%)

36 (72%)

 

Subtotal

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

 

Combine surgery

16 (16%)

6 (8%)

0.213

12 (17%)

6 (8%)

0.207

5 (10%)

2 (4%)

0.436

Surgeon

  

0.305

  

0.856

  

0.127

A

78 (76%)

50 (68%)

 

50 (70%)

48 (68%)

 

31 (62%)

39 (78%)

 

B

25 (24%)

24 (32%)

 

21 (30%)

23 (32%)

 

19 (38%)

11 (22%)

 

ERAS

21 (20%)

61 (82%)

 < 0.001**

14 (20%)

58 (82%)

 < 0.001**

0 (0%)

50 (100%)

 < 0.001**

Operation time

Mean

190.3  ± 57

273.9 ± 83

 < 0.001**

188.2 ± 58

272.7 ± 82

 < 0.001**

186.0 ± 55

257.4 ± 61

 < 0.001**

Median

177.0 (150.0–219.0)

259.0 (223.0–306.5)

175.0 (150.0–213.0)

259.0 (220.0–304.0)

175.0 (143.8–216.3)

239.0 (219.8–285.8)

Stoma+ 

2 (2%)

3 (4%)

0.403

1 (1%)

3 (4%)

0.366

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

1.000

Blood loss

Mean

49.3  ± 68

88.3 ± 167

0.025*

51.1 ± 65

90.7 ± 170

0.084

39.4 ± 30

74.6 ± 177

0.371

Median

30.0 (30.0–30.0)

30.0 (30.0–35.0)

30.0 (30.0–30.0)

30.0 (30.0–50.0)

30.0 (30.0–30.0)

30.0 (30.0–30.0)

Open rate

5 (5%)

1 (1%)

0.403

2 (3%)

1 (1%)

1.000

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

1.000

p stage

  

0.119

  

0.202

  

0.051

0, 1

26 (32%)

11 (17%)

 

17 (30%)

10 (16%)

 

17 (41%)

8 (18%)

 

2, 3

48 (59%)

47 (72%)

 

35 (61%)

46 (74%)

 

22 (54%)

33 (73%)

 

4

8 (10%)

7 (11%)

 

5 (9%)

6 (10%)

 

2 (5%)

4 (9%)

 

Distal margin, mean

6.1  ± 5.7

4.3 ± 2.7

0.054

5.4 ± 4.4

4.3 ± 2.7

0.166

4.8 ± 3.8

4.4 ± 2.6

0.955

Hospital stay

Mean

9.2 ± 9.6

6.4 ± 4.8

 < 0.001**

9.3 ± 10.2

6.3 ± 4.6

 < 0.001**

10.0 ± 11.9

5.5 ± 4.5

 < 0.001**

Median

6.0 (5.0–10.0)

5.0 (4.0–7.0)

7.0 (5.0–10.0)

5.0 (4.0–7.0)

7.0 (6.0–9.3)

4.0 (4.0–6.0)

Complication

Minor

23 (22%)

7 (9%)

0.041*

20 (28%)

7 (10%)

0.010*

10 (20%)

3 (6%)

0.074

Major

4 (4%)

2 (3%)

1.000

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

1.000

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

0.617

Leakage rate

1 (1%)

3 (4%)

0.310

1 (1%)

3 (4%)

0.620

1 (2%)

2 (4%)

1.000

  1. Chi-square test or Mann–Whitney U test.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.