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Table 2 Treatment modality and operative outcomes

From: Prognostic value of regional lymph node involvement in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: palliative versus curative resection

 

LN− group

n = 167 (%)

LN+ group

n = 980 (%)

p value

Postoperative palliative therapy

 Yes

135 (80.8)

814 (83.1)

0.506

 No

32 (19.2)

166 (16.9)

Morbidity

 Yes

25 (15)

153 (15.6)

0.832

 No

142 (85)

827 (84.4)

Mortality

 Yes

3 (1.8)

13 (1.3)

0.632

 No

164 (98.2)

967 (98.7)

Days of admission

14 [11–19]*

13 [11–17]*

0.145

  1. *Median [25 percentile–75 percentile]