Laparoscopic total colectomy: Does the indication influence the outcome?

Table 2 Outcomes based on indication for surgery (mean ± SD) n (%)

	Inflammatory bowel disease (n = 13)	Other indications (n = 53)	P value
Age (yr)	42.5 (12.6)	44.9 (18.3)	0.663
Female	3 (23.1)	25 (47.2)	0.115
Operative time (h)	4.5 ± 0.5	4.40 ± 1.36	0.899
Conversion	2 (15.4)	7 (13.2)	> 0.999
Length of stay (d)	15.2 ± 7.5	12.8 ± 6.7	0.274
Time to first bowel movement (days from surgery)	4.9 ± 3.1	4.3 ± 3.1	0.522
Nasogastric tube1	9 (69.2)	25 (47.2)	0.154
Overall morbidity	5 (38.5)	19 (35.8)	> 0.999
Anastomotic leak	3 (23.1)	1 (1.9)	0.022
Reoperation	3 (23.1)	6 (11.3)	0.364
Radiological drainage	1 (7.7)	3 (5.7)	> 0.999

¹Numbers of patients (%) requiring a nasogastric tube for more than 1 postoperative day when inserted intraoperatively or requiring postoperative insertion.