Table 3 Perioperative surgical outcome

Operation room time (min), median (range)

190 (102–303)

173 (116–393)

0.14

Skin to skin time (min), median (range)

145 (43–250)

120 (72–302)

<0.001

 Major

9 (7.3%)

7 (4.1%)

0.48

 Minor

14 (11.4%)

19 (11.1%)

 No

100 (81.3%)

145 (84.8%)

Conversion, n (%)

4 (3.3%)

3 (1.8%)

0.46

Rehospitalisation, n (%)

13 (10.6%)

7 (4.1%)

0.04

Reoperation, n (%)

7 (5.7%)

2 (1.2%)

0.04

Blood loss (ml), median (range)

100 (0–800)

25 (0–600)

<0.001

Blood transfusion, n

0

0

1.0

Length of hospital stay (days), median (range)

4 (2–41)

3 (2–8)

<0.001