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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 40 patients who underwent robotic colorectal surgery

From: Robotic colorectal surgery for laparoscopic surgeons with limited experience: preliminary experiences for 40 consecutive cases at a single medical center

Characteristic

 

Age (years, mean ± SD) (range)

60.00 ± 13.22 (32 – 89)

Gender

 

Female

21 (52.5 %)

Male

19 (47.5 %)

Tumor size

 

<5 cm

36 (90.0 %)

≥5 cm

4 (10.0 %)

Tumor size (cm, mean ± SD) (range)

2.58 ± 1.81 (0 – 8)

Tumor location

 

Ascending colon

1 (2.5 %)

Descending colon

2 (5.0 %)

Sigmoid colon

4 (10.0 %)

Rectum

33 (82.5 %)

Histology

 

Tis

2 (5.0 %)

Well

5 (12.5 %)

Moderately

33 (82.5 %)

AJCC Stagea

 

0

7 (17.5 %)

I

7 (17.5 %)

II

7 (17.5 %)

III

14 (35.0 %)

IV

5 (12.5 %)

Tumor depth

 

T0

6 (15.0 %)

Tis

2 (5.0 %)

T1

3 (7.5 %)

T2

13 (32.5 %)

T3

16 (40.0 %)

Lymph Node metastasis

 

N0

23 (57.5 %)

N1

15 (37.5 %)

N2

2 (5 %)

Retrieved Lymph Node (median) (range)

 

All patients

9 (0–22)

Patients with pre-op CCRTb

7 (0–16)

Patients with without pre-op CCRTb

12 (5–22)

Vascular invasion

 

No

31 (77.5 %)

Yes

9 (22.5 %)

Perineural invasion

 

No

34 (85.0 %)

Yes

6 (15.0 %)

Pre-op serum CEAc level

 

<5 ng/ml

20 (50.5 %)

≥5 ng/ml

20 (50.0 %)

Post-op serum CEAc level

 

<5 ng/ml

29 (75.0 %)

≥5 ng/ml

11 (25.0 %)

ASAd classification

 

II

24 (60.0 %)

III

16 (40.0 %)

Diabetes mellitus

 

Yes

10 (25.0 %)

No

30 (75.0 %)

BMIe kg/m2 (range)

23.77 ± 3.86 (17.20 – 34.02)

  1. aAJCC American Joint Commission on Cancer; bConcurrent chemoradiotherapy
  2. cCEA Carcinoembryonic antigen; dASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
  3. eBMI Body mass index