Laparoscopic resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis without abdominal incisions

Table 1 Patient data

	No. of patients (n = 30)
Age (yr)	36-78 (mean 59.8)
Sex
Male	14
Female	16
Distance from lower tumor edge to anal margin (cm)
5-7	24
4	6
Preoperative tumor stage (n)
I	28
II	2
III	0
IV	0
Postoperative tumor stage (n)
I	19
II	0
III	11
IV	0
Postoperative diagnosis of rectal cancer (n)
Intermediately to highly differentiated	18
Intermediately differentiated	8
Poorly differentiated	2
Adenoma	2
Preventive colostomy (n)
No preventive colostomy	29
Preventive colostomy	1
Operative time (min)	178 (range: 150-210)
Blood loss (mL)	60 (range: 30-300)
Hospital stay (d)	12 (range: 7-21)