Short and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic colectomy in obese patients

Table 4 Outcomes of laparoscopically completed, converted and open cases

Variable	LPS completed (n= 85)	Converted (n= 13)	Open (n= 98)	P value
Operative time (min)	175 (61)	210 (86)	164 (111)	0.071
				0.082
Morbidity rate	22.8%	32.4%	33.7%	0.551
				0.912
Length of stay (d)	7.2 (2.5)	9.6 (3.2)	10.4 (4.9)	0.0021
				0.522

¹Laparoscopic (LPS) completed vs converted;

²Converted vs open. Values are expressed as mean (SD) or percentages.