Table 1 Demographics of 29 patients who underwent TEM, TAMIS, or R-TAMIS
From: Comparison of advanced techniques for local excision of rectal lesions: a case series
TEM (n = 13) | TAMIS (n = 6) | R-TAMIS (n = 10) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Median (IQR) or Frequency (%) | Median (IQR) or Frequency (%) | Median (IQR) or Frequency (%) | P-value |
Age | 56 (51–70) | 56 (52–62) | 58 (50–65) | 0.28 |
Sex, male | 6 (46.2) | 2 (33.3) | 5 (50.0) | 0.80 |
Race | 0.83 | |||
White | 10 (76.9) | 4 (66.7) | 8 (80.0) | |
Non-white | 3 (23.1) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (20.0) | |
Average BMI (kg/m2) | 29.3 (19.9–30.2) | 30.4 (26.6–32.9) | 24.7 (23.8–28.7) | 0.29 |
ASA class | 0.004* | |||
1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | |
2 | 11 (84.6) | 1 (16.7) | 7 (70.0) | |
3 | 2 (15.4) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (10.0) | |
Mechanical bowel prep | 6 (50.0) | 4 (80.0) | 7 (77.8) | 0.31 |
Antibiotic bowel prep | 8 (61.5) | 6 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 0.02* |