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Published in final edited form as: Dis Colon Rectum. 2022 Dec 16;66(10):1347–1358. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002637

TABLE 3.

Lymph Node Yield and Margin Status

Outcome (N)	No. of Patients (%)			P ^a
Outcome (N)	Open, N = 699	Laparoscopic, N = 824	Robotic, N = 875	P ^a
LNY (2397)	26 ± 15 nodes	25 ± 12 nodes	28 ± 15 nodes	<0.001
LNY/specimen length (2396)	0.79 ± 0.44	0.90 ± 0.47	1.06 ± 0.55	<0.001
LNY < 12	30/698 (4.3)	39/824 (4.7)	26/875 (3.0)	0.200
Positive Margins	6/699 (0.9)	2/824 (0.2)	1/875 (0.1)	0.066

^a

Kruskal-Wallis test, chi-square test of independence, or Fisher exact test.

^b

Clavien-Dindo grade ≥3.

LNY = lymph node yield.