Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the ELAPE and APR groups
From: The quality of lymph node harvests in extralevator abdominoperineal excisions
Conventional APR | ELAPE | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Male:Female | 22:8 | 17:13 | 0.176 |
Age | 67.8 | 68.0 | 0.930 |
Laparoscopic:open surgery | 4:26 | 11:19 | 0.037 |
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy | 14/30 | 16/30 | 0.606 |