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Table 2 Patient and tumor characteristics

From: Two-port laparoscopic anterior resection through a self-made glove device versus conventional laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal cancer: a comparison of short-term surgical results

 

TPLAR (n = 27)

CLAR (n = 30)

p value

Age (years), median (range)

60 (43–71)

61 (49–72)

0.517

Gender

  

0.462

 Male, n (%)

17 (63.0)

16 (53.3)

 

 Female, n (%)

10 (37.0)

14 (46.7)

 

BMI (kg/m2), median (range)

24.2 (18.6–33.2)

24.7 (17.2–29.7)

0.911

ASA class

  

0.930

 ASA 1, n (%)

6 (22.2)

7 (23.3)

 

 ASA 2, n (%)

16 (59.3)

19 (63.3)

 

 ASA 3, n (%)

5 (18.5)

4 (13.4)

 

Previous abdominal operation n (%)

3 (11.1)

5 (16.7)

0.709

Tumor distance from anal verge (cm), median (range)

8 (5–12)

7 (5–12)

0.538

Preoperative TNM stage

  

0.665

 I, n (%)

3 (11.1)

2 (6.7)

 

 II, n (%)

11 (40.7)

10 (33.3)

 

 III, n (%)

13 (48.2)

18 (60.0)

 
  1. TPLAR two-port laparoscopic anterior resection, CLAR conventional laparoscopic anterior resection, BMI body mass index, ASA class American Society of Anesthesiologists class