Evaluation of bacterial contamination and medium-term oncological outcomes of intracorporeal anastomosis for colon cancer: A propensity score matching analysis

Table 2 Surgical outcomes and short-term postoperative outcomes

	IA (n = 42)	EA (n = 42)	P value
Operative time (min)	228 (151-385)	213 (121-406)	0.1016
Blood loss (mL)	14 (3-312)	42 (4-560)	0.0087
Conversion to open surgery	0 (0)	1 (2.3)	0.3144
Intraoperative complications	0 (0)	1 (2.3)	0.3144
Incision length (cm)	3 (2-5)	4 (3-7)	0.0001
Harvested lymph nodes	22 (5-54)	21 (2-60)	0.8896
Proximal margin (mm)	80 (20-250)	100 (35-260)	0.2741
Distal margin (mm)	100 (40-190)	80 (35-270)	0.0071
Time to first pass gas (d)	1 (1-4)	2 (1-5)	0.0312
Time to first stool (d)	2 (1-6)	3 (1-8)	0.0484
Time to resumption of oral intake (d)	3 (2-31)	3 (2-22)	0.9151
Number of analgesics used (count)	3 (0-13)	2 (0-16)	0.1503
Number of days on antibiotics (d)	1 (1-40)	1 (1-16)	0.7283
Duration of postoperative hospitalization (d)	7 (7-44)	9 (6-28)	0.3200
Total complications, n (%)			0.3132
CD Grade 1	2 (4.7)	3 (7.1)
CD Grade 2	5 (11.9)	8 (19.0)
CD Grade 3	5 (11.9)	1 (2.3)
Superficial/deep SSI	3 (7.1)	3 (7.1)	1.0000
Organ/space SSI	4 (9.5)	2 (4.7)	0.3968
Anastomotic leakage	4 (9.5)	2 (4.7)	0.3968

IA: Intracorporeal anastomosis; EA: Extracorporeal anastomosis; CD: Clavien-Dindo classification; SSI: Surgical site infection.