Two-stage resection for malignant colonic obstructions: The timing of early resection and possible predictive factors

Table 1 Baseline demographics

	Group A (n = 19)	Group B (n = 19 )	P value
Gender, male/female	14/5	13/6	0.721
Age (yr)	60.6 ± 13	67.9 ± 14.9	0.117
Pre-diversion sepsis (%)	0	10 (53)	< 0.001
Co-morbidities			0.139
0	10 (53)	4 (21)
1	7 (37)	9 (47)
2	2 (11)	4 (21)
≥ 3	0	2 (10.5)
Days of obstruction	3.6 ± 1	4.8 ± 1.6	0.009
Interval (d)	7.9 ± 1.3	17.8 ± 5.5	< 0.001

Data are presented as n, n (%), mean ± SD or as noted.