highly significantp <0.001
The difference in in-hospital length of stay remained highly significant (p <0.001), the 30-day mortality remained comparable (0% in MWT vs. 3.8% in STR; p = 0.12), the reoperation rate for bleeding remained nonsignificant (3.3% in MWT vs. 5.7% in STR; p = 0.51), and no significant difference was observed in infection rates.