Single access laparoscopic total colectomy for severe refractory ulcerative colitis

Table 1 Characteristics of patients undergoing total colectomy and end ileostomy for medically refractory colitis by laparoscopic access including how commenced and completed and by patient preoperative albumin

	Single port started (n = 27)	Single port completed (n = 24)	Single port completed, preop Alb > 30 (n = 18)	Single port completed, preop Alb < 30 (n = 6)	Multiport started (n = 12)	Multiport completed (n = 13)	Multiport completed, Alb > 30 (n = 12)
Median age (yr)	37	36	39	34.4	36.6	37.6	41
Range	19-59	19-59	19-59	29-45	18-70	31-70	33-69
Median BMI (kg/m2)	23.3	23	23.5	21.4	22.2	25.8	25.9
Range	18.9-31.8	18.9-31.8	18.9-31.8	20.1-24.7	17.3-38	17.3-38.9	17.3-38.9
Males	16 (59%)	14 (58%)	9 (50%)	4 (66%)	4 (33%)	4 (31%)	4 (33%)
Anti-TNF agents	16 (59%)	14 (58%)	9 (50%)	5 (83%)	7 (58%)	9 (69%)	8 (66%)
Median preop Alb	36	37	39	24.5	38	38	38
Range	17-44	17-44	30-44	17-28	15-43	27-44	32-44
Median preop Hb	12.9	12.6	13.1	10.4	11.6	11.9	12
Range	7.9-17.2	7.9-17.2	7.9-17.2	8.4-13.2	8.2-13.5	8.2-14.6	8.2-14.6
Median preop CRP	29	25	10	51	9	9	18.7
Range	1-221	1-221	1-53	21-221	1-7	1-71	1-71
Total OT time (min)	290	285	285	275	300	302	301
Range	100-395	100-380	100-380	250-363	200-423	200-420	200-420
Operative time (min)	182	180	180	177.5	205	235	230
Range	90-270	90-270	90-270	150-240	120-345	120-345	120-345
Postop length of stay	5	5	5	7.5	7.5	8	7
Range	3-21	3-21	3-9	3-12	4-31	4-23	4-23

Alb: Albumin; BMI: Body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hb: Haemoglobin; Min: Minutes; OT: Operating theatre; Preop: Preoperative.