Short- and Long-Term, 11–22 Years, Results after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Obese versus Nonobese Patients

Table 3

Perioperative parameters.

	All	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese	value
Patients number	201	43	89	69
Type of operation no (%)
Mini-Floppy Nissen	201 (100)	43 (100)	89 (100)	69 (100)
Duration of operation, min, mean (range)	66.1 (24.1–120.2)	60.2 (24–72.8)	65.6 (33.4–68.9)	70.9 (51.2–120.2	<0.0001
Graft usage number (%)	29 (14.4)	3 (6.9	13 (14.6)	13 (18.8)	<0.0001
Drains number (%)	8 (3.9)		2 (2.2)	6 (8.6)	<0.0001
Conversion rate number (%)	13 (6.4)	2 (4.6)	6 (6.7)	5 (7.2)	0.952
Postoperative
Hospitalization, days, mean (range)	2.5 (2–5)	2.1 (2-3)	2.3 (2–4)	2.6 (2–5)	0.612

different versus other groups.