Table 2 Patient demographics and characteristics
Traditional | ERAS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2008.07-2010.06 | 2010.07-2012.11 | p | |
n = 42 | n = 80 | ||
Gender (male/female) | 25/17 | 52/28 | 0.551 |
Age (years) | 67.5 (41–88) | 69 (39–92) | 0.825 |
Location | |||
right-side colon | 17 (41%) | 27 (34%) | |
left-side colon | 19 (45%) | 40 (50%) | |
rectum | 6 (14%) | 13 (16%) | 0.762 |
Surgery | |||
emergent | 22 (52%) | 49 (61%) | |
elective (transanal drainage, etc.) | 20 (48%) | 31 (39%) | 0.345 |
Types of surgery | |||
Open- colectomy | 33 (78%) | 48 (60%) | |
Open- low anterior resection | 7 (17%) | 23 (29%) | |
Open- abdominoperineal resection | 2 (5%) | 0 | |
Open- total/subtotal colectomy | 0 | 5 (6%) | |
Laparoscopic colectomy | 0 | 4 (5%) | 0.021 |
Number of retrieved lymph nodes | 33.0 ± 17.3 | 38.1 ± 21.4 | 0.264 |
Stage | |||
I | 1 (2%) | 0 | |
II | 10 (24%) | 32 (40%) | |
III | 18 (43%) | 20 (25%) | |
IV | 13 (31%) | 28 (35%) | 0.073 |