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Table 2 Estimated and actual surgical time

From: A survey of surgeons’ perception and awareness of intraoperative time utilization

 

Estimated time n = 18

Actual surgical time n = 21

 
 

Median

IQR

Mean

SD

Range

Median

IQR

Mean

SD

Range

p*

Opening of the abdomen

10.0

9.5-15.0

11.8

3.6

7.0-20.0

10.0

6.5-12.0

10.8

5.5

4.0-26.0

0,485

Dissection/Resection

87.5

67.5-108.8

89.7

31.1

50.0-180.0

75.0

64.0–126.5

100.0

62.8

43.0-308.0

0,532

Hand-sewn intestinal

anastomosis

20.0

15.0-25.0

20.6

5.6

15.0-35.0

23.0

16.0-27.0

24.5

11.3

11.0-56.0

0,193

Stapled intestinal

anastomosis

10.0

7.8-15.0

12.1

6.4

3.0-30.0

15.5

10.0-15.5

15.5

7.8

10.0-21.0

0,486

Closure of the abdomen

25.0

20.0-30.0

26.2

11.1

15.0-60.0

27.0

19.0-34.5

27.5

8.5

14.0-44.0

0,693

Total time for surgical procedure

147.0

131.5-201.3

160.4

42.3

110.0-260.0

146.0

128.0-201.0

173.0

72.0

96.0-404.0

0,539

  1. Estimated time for 18 surgeons’ preoperative self-estimation of specified surgical phases compared with actual time needed to perform the same phases in 21 elective, non-advanced colon cancer resections.
  2. *independent t-test.
  3. IQR = Inter Quartile Range.
  4. SD = Standard Deviation.