Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Initial experience of reduced port surgery using a two-surgeon technique for colorectal cancer
Variable | Conventional lap | 2-surgeon technique | |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 429 | n = 106 | p value | |
Mean age (range) | 67.9 (27–93) | 67.1 (29–80) | 0.493 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.1 | 22.7 | 0.21 |
Gender, Male: n (%) | 252 (59 %) | 55 (52 %) | 0.201 |
History abdominal surgery n (%) | 172 (40 %) | 39 (37 %) | 0.533 |
cTNM T factor: n (%) | |||
0/1 | 87 (20 %) | 16 (15 %) | 0.829 |
2 | 54 (12 %) | 14 (13 %) | |
3 | 247 (58 %) | 66 (62 %) | |
4 | 41 (10 %) | 10 (10 %) | |
cTNM staging: n (%) | |||
0/I | 122 (28 %) | 28 (26 %) | 0.203 |
II | 105 (25 %) | 28 (26 %) | |
III | 147 (34 %) | 44 (42 %) | |
IV | 55 (13 %) | 6 (6 %) | |
Procedure | |||
Right side colectomy | 144 (34 %) | 46 (43 %) | 0.091 |
Transverse colectomy | 18 (4 %) | 5 (5 %) | |
Left side colectomy | 174 (41 %) | 42 (40 %) | |
Rectal resection | 93 (21 %) | 13 (12 %) |