Peroral endoscopic myotomy vs laparoscopic myotomy and partial fundoplication for esophageal achalasia: A single-center randomized controlled trial

Table 7 Adverse events, length of hospital stay, anesthesia time, and procedure time

Variable	Total (n = 40)	Group		P value
		LM-PF (n = 20)	POEM (n = 20)
Adverse events, n (%)	4 (10.0)	1 (5.0)	3 (15.0)	0.605a
Length of hospital stay in d	3.68 (2.42)	3.95 (3.36)	3.40 (0.75)	0.483b
Anesthesia time in min	240.88 (79.46)	296.75 (56.13)	185.00 (56.89)	< 0.001b
Procedure time in min	157.23 (74.81)	218.75 (50.88)	95.70 (30.47)	< 0.001b

^aFisher’s exact test.

^bStudent’s t-test.

Data are presented as mean ± SD, unless noted otherwise. LM-PF: Laparoscopic myotomy and partial fundoplication; POEM: Peroral endoscopic myotomy.