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Table 4 Complication in PTR compared with elective surgery for stages 0 to III in our hospital

From: Up-front systemic chemotherapy is a feasible option compared to primary tumor resection followed by chemotherapy for colorectal cancer with unresectable synchronous metastases

 

PTR ( N  = 42)

Control ( N  = 352)

P value

Mortality

 

0%

0%

N.A.

Morbidity

Overall

18 (42.9%)

98 (28.7%)

0.0498

 

>Grade 3

6 (14.3%)

38 (10.7%)

0.445

Postoperative ileus

6 (14.3%)

29 (8.2%)

0.244

 

Leakage

3 (7.1%)

20 (5.7%)

0.731

 

Surgical site infection

5 (11.9%)

32 (9.1%)

0.574

  1. PTR: primary tumor resection group. Control: groups in which elective surgery for stages 0 to III CRC were performed between 2010 and 2012 in our hospital. N.A.: not available. Variables were statistically analyzed by Fisher’s exact test.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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