Table 1 Demographic data and clinical characteristics of patients treated by robotic colectomy (RC) and laparoscopic colectomy (LC) for transverse colon cancer

Gender (F/M) [n]

7/15

7/15

1

Age (years) [mean(SD)]

72.18(10.79)

71(10.14)

0.710

BMI (kg/m²) [mean(SD)]

24.12(2.64)

24.28(2.7)

0.841

Pre-operative hemoglobin (g/L) [mean(SD)]

11.67(1.6)

11.3(2.79)

0.916^a

Pre-operative leukocytes (μL) [mean(SD)]

7522(1722)

6877(1599)

0.90

Serum albumin level (g/L) [mean(SD)]

37.52(3.78)

38.32(5.08)

0.577

Weight loss (>10 %) [n(%)]

3(13.6)

1(4.5)

0.607

Kidney failure [n(%)]

1(4.5)

1(4.5)

1

Diabetes [n(%)]

4(18.2)

1(4.5)

0.345

Cardiovascular diseases [n(%)]

8(36.4)

4(18.2)

0.310

Pulmonary disease [n(%)]

2(9.1)

2(9.1)

1

ASA score [n(%)]

1

I

9(40.9)

9(40.9)

II

13(59.1)

13(59.1)

III

0

0

Previous abdominal surgery [n(%)]

3(13.6)

5(22.7)

0.698

TNM AJCC stage [n(%)]

1

I

1(4.5)

1(4.5)

II

18(81.8)

18(81.8)

III

3(13.7)

3(13.7)