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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2026; 18(5): 119094
Published online May 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i5.119094
Table 2 Clinical and pathological characteristics data of 103 patients in the laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer

Range
mean ± SD/median (Q1, Q3)
Number of cases, n (%)
Age (year)32-8964.81 ± 11.832
Gender
    Male71 (68.9)
    Female32 (31.1)
BMI (kg/m2)15.94-33.98022.63 ± 2.910
Underlying comorbidities48 (46.6)
    Diabetes14 (13.6)
    Hypertension39 (37.9)
    Heart disease8 (7.8)
    Pulmonary disease3 (2.9)
    Stroke4 (3.9)
    Other4 (3.9)
History of previous abdominal surgery16 (15.5)
Neoadjuvant therapy4 (3.9)
Hypoalbuminemia17 (16.5)
Anemia73 (70.9)
Blood transfusion2 (1.9)
Tumor height (cm)4-107 (6, 8)
Tumor maximum diameter (cm)0.9-103.9 (3, 5)
Intraoperative preventive ostomy36 (35.0)
pT/ypT staging
    T01 (1.0)
    Tis4 (3.9)
    T112 (11.7)
    T213 (12.6)
    T370 (68.0)
    T4a3 (2.9)
pN/ypN staging
    N061 (59.2)
    N126 (25.2)
    N216 (15.5)
pTNM/ypTNM staging
    05 (4.9)
    I20 (19.4)
    II36 (35)
    III42 (40.8)
Tumor differentiation grade
    N/A2 (1.9)
    Well-differentiated6 (5.8)
    Moderately differentiated to well-differentiated11 (10.7)
    Moderately differentiated70 (68)
    Moderately differentiated to poorly differentiated11 (10.7)
    Poorly differentiated3 (2.9)
Surgical time (minute)78-892222.83 (173, 260)
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)10-30050 (20, 50)
Postoperative complications (CD grade)
    No complications77 (74.8)
    I5 (4.9)
    II16 (15.5)
    III4 (3.9)
    IV1 (1.0)
Duration of postoperative hospital stay (days)6-5614 (12, 16)
Postoperative anal evacuation time (days)1-72 (2, 3)
Postoperative resumption of semi-liquid food time (days)3-177 (5, 9)


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