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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Although there was statistically significant difference between Group 1 and Group 2 in terms of time to oral intake and mobilization time [12 (8-12) versus 8 (8-10) h ; p < 0. 001 ; 12 (8-12) versus 8 (8-10) h ; p < 0. 001] ; the other variables, such as drop in hemoglobin concentration, estimate of blood loss, intra-operative additional sutures, operating time and time to passage of flatus [1. 13 0. 86 versus 1. 41 0. 82 g/dL ; 487. 9 217. 01 versus 544. 87 237. 64 mL ; 0 (0-1) versus 0 (0-1) ; 30. 8 7. 63 versus 31. 6 10. 38 h ; 18. 2 6. 04 versus 18. 2 4. 23 h, p > 0. 05] were not statistically different between Group 1 and Group 2.