©The Author(s) 2020.
World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2020; 12(4): 178-189
Published online Apr 27, 2020. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i4.178
Published online Apr 27, 2020. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v12.i4.178
Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients (n = 22)
| Sex (n) | |
| Male | 18 |
| Female | 4 |
| Age (yr, mean, range) | 65 (44–81) |
| ASA grade (%) | |
| 1 | 1 (4.5) |
| 2 | 19 (86.4) |
| 3 | 2 (9.1) |
| Histology (%) | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 20 (90.9) |
| Neuroendocrine | 2 (9.1) |
| Distance from anal verge (cm) | 5 (2–7) |
| BMI (kg/m2, mean, range) | 23.4 (14.2–34.3) |
| Pre-op chemoradiation (%) | 18(81.8) |
| Final TNM stage (%) | |
| I | 1 (4.5) |
| II | 4 (18.2) |
| III | 14 (63.6) |
| IV | 1 (4.5) |
| Pathological complete response | 1 (4.5) |
| Isolated LN recurrence | 1 (4.5) |
| No. of lymph nodes harvested per side (median, range) | 10 (3-22) |
| Patients with positive LPLN metastases on final histology (%) | 8 (36.4) |
| Median size pretreatment LPLN (mm) | 10 |
- Citation: Wong KY, Tan AM. Short term outcomes of minimally invasive selective lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for low rectal cancer. World J Gastrointest Surg 2020; 12(4): 178-189
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v12/i4/178.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v12.i4.178