Simultaneous laparoscopic multi-organ resection combined with colorectal cancer: Comparison with non-combined surgery

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

	Right hemicolectomy			Low/anterior resection
	NC group	C group	P value	NC group	C group	P value
	(n = 263)	(n = 26)		(n = 827)	(n = 67)
Age at surgery (yr)1	62.7 (28-87)	65.1 (39-87)	0.314	62.4 (21-92)	62.3 (38-85)	0.980
Gender (%)			0.893			0.053
Male	125 (47.5)	12 (46.2)		495 (59.9)	32 (47.8)
Female	138 (52.5)	14 (53.8)		332 (40.1)	35 (52.2)
BMI (kg/m2)1	23.9 (14-22.9)	23.1 (18.6-30.3)	0.731	23.5 (14.4-40.5)	24.1 (16.8-31.9)	0.105
ASA score (%)			0.510			0.666
I	153 (58.2)	15 (57.7)		469 (56.7)	40 (59.7)
II	97 (36.9)	10 (38.5)		313 (37.8)	25 (37.3)
III	13 (4.9)	1 (3.8)		45 (5.4)	2 (3)
History of abdominal surgery (%)	53 (20.2)	5 (19.2)	0.911	187 (22.6)	16 (23.9)	0.812
Type of resection						0.602
Right hemicolectomy	268 (100)	26 (100)
Anterior resection				350 (42.3)	29 (43.3)
Low anterior resection				397 (48)	34 (50.7)
Colo-anal anastomosis				80 (9.7)	4 (6)

¹Values are expressed as the mean (range). NC: Non-combined; C: Combined; BMI: Body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.