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Table 5 Postoperative pathological characteristics and outcomes

From: No beneficial effect on survival but a decrease in postoperative complications in patients with rectal cancer undergoing robotic surgery: a retrospective cohort study

 

Robot (n = 314)

Laparoscopy (n = 220)

P value

TNM stage

 I

18 (5.7%)

37 (16.8%)

< 0.001

 II and III

296 (94.3%)

183 (83.2%)

Differentiation grade

0.001

 Well

12 (3.8%)

12 (5.5%)

0.370

 Moderate

284 (90.4%)

184 (83.6%)

0.019

Poor

17 (5.4%)

12 (5.5%)

0.984

Mucinous

1 (0.3%)

12 (5.5%)

< 0.001

Lymph nodes retrieved (no.)

13 (7)

13 (6.3)

0.389

PRM (cm)

10.0 ± 2.9

12.7 ± 3.9

< 0.001

DRM (cm)

2.6 ± 0.7

3.1 ± 1.0

0.022

Lymphovascular invasion

 No

239 (76.1%)

176 (80.0%)

0.288

 Yes

75 (23.9%)

44 (20.0%)

CRM

 Noninvolved (> 1 mm)

312 (98.7%)

220 (100%)

0.242

 Involved (≤ 1 mm)

4 (1.3%)

0

  1. Data are expressed as the number of patients (percentage). The continuous variables were compared by using the Mann–Whitney U test, and the categorical variables were compared by using the χ2 or Fisher’s exact test between the robot and laparoscopy groups
  2. Bold values indicate statistical significance
  3. TNM, tumour node metastasis