Skip to main content

Table 2 Pathologic parameters of the intracorporeal and extracorporeal anastomosis groups

From: Comparison of short-term and medium-term outcomes between intracorporeal anastomosis and extracorporeal anastomosis for laparoscopic left hemicolectomy

 

IAa (n = 40)

EAb (n = 77)

p-value

p T stage

 T0

2 (5)

0 (0)

0.067

 T1

9 (22.5)

12 (15.6)

 

 T2

6 (15)

10 (13)

 

 T3

22 (55)

40 (51.9)

 

 T4a

1 (2.5)

12 (15.6)

 

 T4b

0 (0)

3 (3.9)

 

p N stage

 N0

30 (75)

50 (64.9)

0.25

 N1

10 (25)

19 (24.7)

 

 N2

0 (0)

8 (10.4)

 

TNM stage

  

0.179

 Stage 0

2 (5)

0 (0)

 

 Stage 1

9 (22.5)

21 (27.3)

 

 Stage 2

18 (45)

29 (37.7)

 

 Stage 3

11 (27.5)

27 (35.1)

 

Differentiation, n (%)

  

0.456

 Well

6 (15)

6 (7.8)

 

 Medium

30 (75)

64 (83.1)

 

 Poor

4 (10)

7 (9.1)

 

Angiolymphatic invasion, n (%)

9 (22.5)

18 (23.4)

0.915

Perineural invasion, n (%)

6 (15)

19 (24.7)

0.226

Tumor size (cm)

 Width

3.0 ± 1.8

3.5 ± 2.3

0.223

 Length

2.7 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 1.6

0.409

Specimen length (cm)

17.7 ± 5.8

17.6 ± 5.9

0.951

Nearest margin (cm)

5.0 ± 2.3

4.8 ±1.9

0.593

Harvested lymph nodes (n)

25.0 ± 10.2

32.2 ± 22.3

0.058

  1. Abbreviations: aIntracorporeal anastomosis, bExtracorporeal anastomosis