Short-term and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic vs open ileocolic resection in patients with Crohn's disease: Propensity-score matching analysis

Table 3 Short-term outcomes of the propensity-score matched patients

	Open (n = 102)	Laparoscop (n = 102)	P	OR	95%CI	P
Total complications	33 (32.4)	14 (13.7)	0.003	0.379	0.189-0.759	0.006
Intra-abdominal abscess	8 (7.8)	1 (1.0)	0.035
Anastomotic leakage	7 (6.9)	0 (0.0)	0.014
Wound complication	12 (11.8)	4 (3.9)	0.065
Ileus	2 (2.0)	7 (6.9)	0.170
Bleeding	7 (6.9)	2 (2.0)	0.170
Other	0 (0.0)	2 (2.0)	0.498
Septic complications1	15 (14.7)	1 (1.0)	< 0.001	0.091	0.012-0.704	0.006a
Reoperation	6 (5.9)	0 (0.0)	0.029	0.107	0.006-2.039	0.121a
Readmission	4 (3.9)	2 (2.0)	0.689	0.250	0.053-1.177	0.109a
Recovery of bowel movement (d)	2.97 ± 1.0	2.82 ± 1.0	0.295	0.971	0.694-1.359	0.864
Duration of NPO (d)	4.2 ± 1.9	3.5 ± 2.2	0.026	0.573	0.400-0.820	0.002
Total hospital stay (d)	20.7 ± 17.3	16.1 ± 8.3	0.016	0.594	0.404-0.875	0.008
Postoperative hospital stay (d)	13.1 ± 16.3	8.2 ± 3.3	0.003	0.443	0.298-0.660	< 0.001
Pain scale (NRS)
POD#1	5.1 ± 2.0	4.9 ± 1.9	0.458	0.386	-0.183-0.956	0.181
POD#2	3.9 ± 1.8	3.9 ± 2.1	0.756	0.159	-0.392-0.710	0.567
POD#3	3.8 ± 2.1	3.3 ± 1.8	0.057	0.602	0.00-1.198	0.048
POD#7	2.3 ± 1.9	1.4 ± 1.4	< 0.001	0.628	0.156-1.100	0.010
Postoperative transfusion	23 (22.5)	10 (9.8)	0.021	0.278	0.103-0.748	0.011

¹Septic complications, including intra-abdominal abscess and anastomosis leakage.

^aExact test. Results are reported as mean ± SD or as number (%).

NRS: Numeric Pain Rating Scale; NPO: Nothing Per Oral; POD: Postoperative day; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.