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Table 4 Medium-term outcomes 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

Medium follow-up (months)

35.4 ± 8.9

40.2 ± 16.1

0.068

Recurrence, n (%)

1 (2.5)

7 (9.1)

0.18

Liver

0 (0)

5 (6.5)

0.1

Lung

0 (2)

2 (2.6)

0.304

Carcinomatosis

1 (2.5)

3 (3.9)

0.693

Death, n (%)

2 (5)

5 (6.5)

0.747

2-year disease-free survival (%)

97.5

90.9

0.182

Survival (%)

38 (95)

72 (93.5)

0.747

  1. Abbreviations: aIntracorporeal anastomosis, bExtracorporeal anastomosis