BioMed Research International

Review Article

Transverse Skin Crease versus Vertical Midline Incision versus Laparoscopy for Right Hemicolectomy: A Systematic Review—Current Status of Right Hemicolectomy

Table 4

Length of post-operative hospital stay (POS) (days) and operative time (OT) (minutes).


Study	Outcome ()	ORHM ¹	ORHT²	LRH³	TLRH⁴

Stipa et al. [33]	POS	8: 2/28 (7)⁵ 8: 26/28 (93)	8: 8/17 (47) 8: 9/17 (53)
Stipa et al. [33]	OT	157⁶ 155 (120–200)⁷	107 110 (80–120)

Lindgren et al. [34]	POS
Lindgren et al. [34]	OT

Brown et al. [35]	POS	7 (3–16)⁷	7 (4–14)
Brown et al. [35]	OT	51 (41–100)¹⁰	61 (45/105)

Lohsiriwat et al. [36]	POS
Lohsiriwat et al. [36]	OT (0.001)

Tan et al. [37]	POS	ORH¹² 5⁷		5
Tan et al. [37]	OT	ORH¹² 72 (35–160)⁶		111 (65–190)

Veenhof et al. [38]	POS		9 (6–12)¹³		8 (6–12)
Veenhof et al. [38]	OT (0.001)		77 (62–88)¹³		155 (115–184)

Tanis et al. [39]	POS	8 (3–55)⁷	7 (4–24)	6 (3–23)
Tanis et al. [39]	OT: ORHM versus LRH (0.001)	105 (63–173)⁷	101 (65–173)	129 (85–177)

Open right hemicolectomy median incision.
Open right hemicolectomy transverse incision.
LRH laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy.
TLRH totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.
Patients/Tot patients (%).
Mean (range).
Median (range).
Total hospital stay; Mean SEM (SEM: standard error of the mean).
Mean SEM (standard error of the mean).
Mean ± 2 SD (standard deviation).
Mean SD (standard deviation).
ORH: open right hemicolectomy.
Median (IQR: interquartile range).