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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients before and after propensity score matching

From: Right lower transverse incision versus vertical transumbilical incision for laparoscopic specimen extraction in patients with left-sided colorectal cancer: a comparative study of two mini-laparotomy techniques

Variables

Total cohort

Matched cohort

RLT group

VTU group

p value

RLT group

VTU group

p value

(n = 61)

(n = 122)

(n = 57)

(n = 57)

Age (years)

≤70

37 (60.7)

95 (77.9)

0.014a

37 (64.9)

41 (71.9)

0.420a

>70

24 (39.3)

27 (22.1)

 

20 (35.1)

16 (28.1)

 

Gender

Male

40 (65.6)

75 (61.5)

0.589a

39 (68.4)

37 (64.9)

0.691a

Female

21 (34.4)

47 (38.5)

 

18 (31.6)

20 (35.1)

 

ASA grade

I–II

50 (82.0)

107 (87.7)

0.295a

47 (82.5)

45 (79.0)

0.635a

III

11 (18.0)

15 (12.3)

 

10 (17.5)

12 (21.0)

 

Previous history of laparotomy

16 (26.2)

20 (16.4)

0.115a

14 (24.6)

12 (21.1)

0.655a

Tumor location

RSC

21 (34.4)

69 (56.6)

0.005a

21 (36.8)

23 (40.4)

0.700a

UR

40 (65.6)

53 (43.4)

 

36 (63.2)

34 (59.7)

 

BMI (kg/m2, range)

23.4

23.9

0.243b

23.4

24.0

0.903b

 

(18.3–34.9)

(15.2–33.4)

 

(18.3–30.1)

(17.3–30.8)

 

Incision length (cm, range)

4.0 (3.0–6.0)

4.0 (2.5–9.0)

0.143b

4.0 (3.0–6.0)

4.0 (2.5–9.0)

0.505b

Tumor size (cm, range)

5.1 (0.2–9.5)

3.7 (0.5–13.0)

0.005b

5.0 (0.2–9.5)

5.0 (0.5–13.0)

0.803b

Histology

WD/MD

58 (95.1)

118 (96.7)

0.688c

55 (96.5)

55 (96.5)

1.000c

PD

3 (4.9)

4 (3.3)

 

2 (3.5)

2 (3.5)

 

Stage

I

12 (19.7)

37 (30.3)

0.387c

12 (21.1)

12 (21.1)

0.886c

II

16 (26.2)

31 (25.4)

 

16 (28.1)

13 (22.8)

 

III

31 (50.8)

52 (42.7)

 

28 (49.1)

30 (52.6)

 

IV

2 (3.3)

2 (1.6)

 

1 (1.8)

2 (3.5)

 
  1. Values are expressed as median or as numbers and percentages; numbers in parenthesis are percentages unless otherwise denoted
  2. RLT right lower transverse incision, VTU vertical transumbilical incision, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, RSC rectosigmoid colon, UR upper rectum, BMI body mass index, WD well-differentiated tumor, MD moderately differentiated tumor, PD poorly differentiated tumor
  3. a p values were calculated using chi-square test
  4. b p values were calculated using Wilcoxon’s rank sum test
  5. c p values were calculated using Fisher’s exact test