Laparoscopic total colectomy: Does the indication influence the outcome?

Table 4 Early postoperative results (mean ± SD) n (%)

	Crohn (n = 2)	Ulcerative colitis (n = 11)	FAP (n = 40)	Lynch syndrome (n = 5)	Constipation (n = 7)	Diverticulosis (n = 1)	All (n = 66)
Length of stay (d)	17.5 ± 9.2	14.7 ± 7.6	11.2 ± 4.4	12.8 ± 6.9	13.7 ± 7.9	13 ± 0	13.3 ± 6.7
First bowel movement (d)	5.5 ± 3.5	4.8 ± 3.2	3.7 ± 2.7	4.6 ± 3.2	7.1 ± 4.1	5 ± 0	4.4 ± 3.1
Nasogastric tube1	1 (50)	7 (63.6)	19 (47.5)	1 (20)	4 (57.1)	1 (100)	34 (51.5)
Complications	2 (100)	3 (27.3)	11 (27.5)	4 (80)	3 (43)	1 (100)	24 (36.4)
Anastomotic leak	2 (100)	1 (9.1)	0	0	1 (14.3)	0	4 (6.1)
Wound abscess	0	0	2 (5)	1 (20)	1 (14.3)	0	4 (6.1)
Surgery for bowel obstruction	0	0	1 (2.5)	0	1 (14.3)	0	2 (3)
Other complications	0	2 (18.2)	8 (20)	3 (60)	0	1 (100)	14 (21.2)
Reoperation	2 (100)	1 (9.1)	3 (7.5)	0	2 (28.6)	1 (100)	9 (13.6)
Radiological intervention	1 (50)	0	3 (7.5)	0	0	0	4 (6.1)

¹Numbers of patients (%) requiring a nasogastric tube for more than 1 postoperative day when inserted intraoperatively or requring postoperative insertion. FAP: Familial adenomatous polyposis.