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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Feb 12;17(6):1515–1529. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-0935-1

TABLE 2. Surgical therapy.

Characteristic All patients Patients with primary tumors Patients with local recurrence
Number of patients 28 20 8
Median number of adjacent organs resected (range) 1 (0–5) 2 (0–5) 0.5 (0–3)
Median operating time, min (range) 257 (80–552) 274.5 (138–552) 240.5 (80–420)
Margin, n (%)
 Microscopically negative 13 (46.4%) 11 (55.0%) 2 (25.0%)
 Microscopically positive 12 (42.9%) 7 (35.0%) 5 (62.5%)
 Grossly positive 3 (10.7%) 2 (10.0%) 1 (12.5%)
Median length of stay, days (range) 6 (3–12) 6.5 (3–12) 4 (3–6)