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

Table 7

Length of incision cm.

Study	ORHM^1	ORHT^2	LRH^3	TLRH^4
Stipa et al. [33]	NR^5	NR
Lindgren et al. [34]	18 (12–24)^6	18 (12–13)
Brown et al. [35]	11 (10–19)^6	10 (7–15)
Lohsiriwat et al. [36]		10.3^7	7.7
Tan et al. [37]	11.2 (6–12)^6		5.6 (3–10)
Veenhof et al. [38]		NR		NR
Tanis et al. [39]	NR	NR	NR

1Open right hemicolectomy median incision.
2Open right hemicolectomy transverse incision.
3LRH laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy.
4TLRH totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.
5Not reported.
6Mean (range).
7Median.