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Table 1 Demographics, patient, and surgical characteristics of patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer in Västmanland county between 1996 and 2017

From: Risk factors for small bowel obstruction after open rectal cancer resection

Parameters

Total cohort

N = 752

With SBO

N = 84

Without SBO

N = 668

Age (years)b

69 (32–88)

66 (42–87)

70 (32–88)

Gender M: F

469: 283(62:38)

53:31(63:37)

416:252(62:38)

Body mass index (kg/m2)c

26 ± 4

25 ± 4

25 ± 4

 Missing

5

0

5

ASA score

 I–II

524 (70)

61 (73)

463 (69)

 III–IV

228 (30)

23 (27)

205 (31)

WHO PS

 I

435 (58)

51 (61)

384 (57)

 II

282 (37)

30 (36)

252 (38)

 III

28 (4)

3 (3)

25 (4)

 IV

6 (1)

0 (0)

6 (1)

TNM stage

 I–II

404 (54)

42 (50)

362 (54)

 III

256 (34)

29 (35)

227 (34)

 IV

91 (12)

13 (15)

78 (12)

Preoperative radiotherapya

579 (77)

73 (87)

506 (76)

 Missing

1

0

1

Type of surgery

   

 Anterior resection

468 (62)

48 (57)

420 (63)

 Hartmann’s procedure

84 (11)

7 (8)

77 (11)

 Abdominoperineal excision

184 (25)

27 (32)

157 (24)

 Proctocolectomy

16 (2)

2 (3)

14 (2)

Mobilization of splenic flexure

454 (60)

51 (61)

403 (60)

Resection of other organs

202 (27)

25 (30)

177 (27)

Intraoperative bleeding (mL)c

689 ± 618

723 ± 604

685 ± 620

 Missing

3

0

3

Operative time (min)c

293 ± 76

302 ± 70

292 ± 76

 Missing

5

0

5

Re-laparotomy

28 (4)

7 (8)

21 (3)

Incisional hernia

69 (9)

10 (12)

59 (9)

  1. Other values in parentheses are percentages
  2. SBO Small bowel obstruction, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, WHO PS World Health Organization performance status
  3. aPreoperative radiotherapy is any radiotherapy given at any time prior to surgery for rectal cancer, including radiotherapy for cancers other than rectal cancer
  4. bValues are median (range)
  5. cContinuous values are presented as mean ± standard deviation