Research Article

Minimal Open Access Ileocolic Resection in Complicated Crohn’s Disease of the Terminal Ileum

Table 1

Demographics and surgical outcome factors of the two samples (univariate analysis–chi-squared test).

FactorStudy ()Control ()

Mean age (years) (range)40 (25-60)38 (22-61)0.08
Gender (%)
 Male8 (67%)9 (60%)0.09
 Female4 (33%)6 (40%)
Mean BMI (kg/m2)23 (18-27)24 (19-28)0.1
Behavior of disease (%)
Primary10 (83.3%)12 (80%)0.2
Recurrent2 (16.7%)3 (20%)0.1
 Fistulas+pelvic sepsis6 (50%)9 (60%)0.07
 Thickened mesentery4 (33%)4 (27%)0.06
 Large inflammatory mass2 (17%)2 (13%)0.1
Mean length of disease (months) (range)37.6 (8-96)41.2 (9-102)0.07
Medical treatment7 (58%)8 (53%)0.09
 Steroids3 (43%)5 (62%)0.06
 Aminosalicylate4 (57%)3 (38%)0.07
Mean op. time (min)89 (75-156)122 (91-148)0.03
Mean blood loss (mL)128 (20-450)137 (25-512)0.051
Conversion
LPS
Open2 (13%)
Mean hospital stay (days)4 (3-6)6 (4-9)0.04
Morbidity (CD) (%)
I
II1 (8%)3 (20%)0.06
III
IV
Adherence to ERAS (%)10 (83%)13 (87%)0.1
1-year recurrence (%)1 (8%)1 (7%)0.06

LPS = laparoscopy; BMI = body mass index.