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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of patients, who would potentially qualify for laparoscopic surgery vs. patients, who underwent laparoscopic surgery

From: Laparoscopic right-sided colon resection for colon cancer—has the control group so far been chosen correctly?

Characteristic

Patients total open (n = 114)

Patients total lap (n = 24)

p value

No.

%

No.

%

Sex

 Male

66

57.9

12

50.0

n.s.

 Female

48

42.1

12

50.0

Age [years]

 Median

71.4

61.3

0.01

 Average ± SD

71.4 ± 12.6

63.9 ± 13.7

 Range

18.7–90.3

17.4–85.7

BMI

 Median

24.8

24.9

n.s.

 Average ± SD

25.7 ± 4.4

25.6 ± 5.5

 Range

17.1–37.6

19.3–47

ASA

 I

2

1.8

0

0.0

n.s.

 II

66

57.9

20

83.3

 III

42

36.8

4

16.7

 IV

4

3.5

0

0.0

pUICC stage

 0

12

10.5

21

87.5

< 0.001

 I

21

18.4

3

12.5

 II

42

36.8

0

0.0

 III

35

30.7

0

0.0

 IV

4

3.5

0

0.0

pT stage

 0

12

10.5

21

87.5

< 0.001

 1

9

7.9

3

12.5

 2

16

14.0

0

0.0

 3

59

51.8

0

0.0

 4

18

15.8

0

0.0

pN stage

 0

78

68.4

24

100.0

0.006

 1

19

16.7

0

0.0

 2

17

14.9

0

0.0

pM stage

 0

110

96.5

24

100.0

n.s.

 1

4

3.5

0

0.0

Number lymph nodes resected

 Median

34.5

21

< 0.001

 Average ± SD

35.9 ± 13.1

21 ± 5.3

 Range

13–73

12–30

OP time [min]

 Median

109.5

143

< 0.001

 Average ± SD

114.1 ± 31.5

149.4 ± 30.2

 Range

61–207

114–254

LOS [days]

 Median

11

7.5

0.013

 Average ± SD

14.87 ± 10.6

9.3 ± 4.9

 Range

4–56

5–28

ICU [days] (n = 252)

 Median

1

0

n.s.

 Average ± SD

1.8 ± 4.5

0.375 ± 0.65

 Range

0–41

0–2