Table 1.
Type of surgical procedures performed in 902 patients affected by colorectal cancer
| COLON N(%) | RECTUM N(%) | MULTICENTRIC N(%) | HNPCC N(%) | |
| Anterior resection of rectum | - | 304 | - | - |
| Right colectomy | 201 (42.3) | - | - | - |
| Left colectomy | 167 (35.0) | - | - | - |
| Segmental resection | 79 (16.7) | - | - | 6 (75.0) |
| Abdomino-perineal resection | - | 73 (18.0) | - | - |
| Subtotal colectomy | 6 (1.2) | - | 11 (91.7) | 2 (25.0) |
| Hartmann resection | 8 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) | - | - |
| Diversion colostomy | 3 (0.6) | 11 (2.7) | - | - |
| Transanal excision | - | 12 (2.9) | - | - |
| Colonic by-pass | 10 (2.1) | - | - | - |
| Explorative laparotomy | 2 (0.4) | - | 1 (8.3) | - |
| Total | 476 (100) | 406 (100) | 12 (100) | 8 (100) |