Feasibility of totally laparoscopic gastrectomy without prophylactic drains in gastric cancer patients

Table 3 Recovery

Variable	All patients			Propensity-matched patients
	Drain (n = 76)	No drain (n = 49)	P value	Drain (n = 42)	No drain (n = 42)	P value
Time to ambulation, POD	2.51 ± 1.34	2.98 ± 1.39	0.064	2.90 ± 1.54	3.07 ± 1.44	0.610
Time to first flatus, POD	3.97 ± 1.24	3.55 ± 1.79	0.122	4.33 ± 1.24	3.57 ± 1.85	0.029
Time to first eating of soft diet, POD	4.70 ± 2.17	4.14 ± 2.09	0.159	5.02 ± 1.88	4.17 ± 2.20	0.058
Postoperative hospital stay	7.88 ± 3.96	6.73 ± 5.13	0.164	7.93 ± 4.98	6.81 ± 5.50	0.331
CRP	7.54 ± 4.38	8.53 ± 5.91	0.286	7.66 ± 3.89	8.71 ± 5.95	0.339
Tmax	37.6 ± 0.5	37.5 ± 0.4	0.239	37.60 ± 0.60	37.48 ± 0.40	0.300

POD: Postoperative days.