Ileocolonic anastomosis after right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: functional end-to-end or end-to-side?

Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients

Variable	End-to-side anastomosis (n= 164)	Functional end-to-end anastomosis (n= 215)	P
Age (years)	63.2 ± 10.1	62.5 ± 9.0	0.49
Sex:			0.87
Male	96 (58.5%)	124 (57.7%)
Female	68 (41.5%)	91 (42.3%)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	21.8 ± 2.6	22.0 ± 2.9	0.40
American Society of Anesthesiologists classification:			0.66
1	67	83
≥2	97	132
TNM classification			0.15
Stage I	12	10
Stage II	85	97
Stage III	67	108

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). TNM, ‘tumor, node, metastases’.

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