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. 2014 Oct-Dec;18(4):e2014.00230. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00230

Table 1.

Demographics of Patients Who Have Undergone Colon and Rectal Surgery in the United States, NIS 2009–2012

Patients Characteristics Patients Who Underwent Planned Open Surgery (n = 438 275) Patients Who Underwent Successfully Completed Laparoscopic Surgery (n = 289 468) Patients Who Had Conversion of Laparoscopic Surgery (n = 48 264) Total Cohort (n = 776 007)
Age
    Mean, y 65 62 62 64
    Median, y 66 63 63 65
Sex
    Female 232 293 (53) 151 999 (52.5) 23 581 (48.9) 407 873 (52.6)
Admission type
    Elective 211 691 (48.3) 235 971 (81.6) 33 724 (69.9) 481 386 (62)
    Urgent/emergent 225 694 (51.5) 53 109 (18.4) 14 487 (30) 293 290 (37.8)
Race
    White 305 799 (78.3) 212 175 (79.7) 34 392 (77.5) 552 366 (78.8)
    Black 40 958 (10.5) 22 635 (8.5) 4475 (10.1) 68 068 (9.7)
    Hispanic 26 379 (6.8) 18 613 (7) 3229 (7.3) 48 221 (6.9)
    Asian or Pacific Islander 6316 (1.6) 4861 (1.8) 779 (1.8) 11 956 (1.7)
    Other 11 332 (2.9) 7921 (2.8) 1491 (3.4) 20 744 (3)
Comorbidity
    Hypertension 235 493 (53.7) 146 918 (50.8) 25 145 (52.1) 407 556 (52.5)
    Diabetes 85 849 (19.6) 48 714 (16.8) 9218 (19.1) 143 781 (18.5)
    Chronic lung disease 76 246 (17.4) 39 532 (13.7) 7167 (14.8) 122 945 (15.8)
    Metastatic cancer 74 460 (17) 25 449 (8.8) 6806 (14.1) 106 715 (13.8)
    Previous abdominal surgery 61 594 (14.1) 26 550 (9.2) 12 399 (25.7) 100 543 (13)
    Weight loss 61 257 (14) 11 453 (4) 3511 (7.3) 76 221 (9.8)
    Obesity 49 766 (11.4) 31 292 (10.8) 7802 (16.2) 88 860 (11.5)
    Renal failure 32 935 (7.5) 11 909 (4.1) 2453 (5.1) 47 297 (6.1)
    Coagulopathy 19 929 (4.5) 5234 (1.8) 1221 (2.5) 26 384 (3.4)
    Alcohol abuse 11 481 (2.6) 4000 (1.4) 924 (1.9) 16 405 (2.1)
    Liver disease 9609 (2.2) 4692 (1.6) 1109 (2.3) 15 410 (2)
Procedure
    Right hemicolectomy 154 813 (35.3) 121 188 (41.9) 17 966 (37.2) 293 967 (37.9)
    Sigmoidectomy 179 181 (40.9) 116 505 (40.2) 19 620 (40.7) 315 306 (40.6)
    Left hemicolectomy 61 660 (14.1) 24 516 (8.5) 6693 (13.9) 92 869 (12)
    Transverse colectomy 21 819 (5) 8705 (3) 2273 (4.7) 32 797 (4.2)
    Total colectomy 20 389 (4.7) 8770 (3) 1498 (3.1) 30 657 (4)
    Cecectomy 15 280 (3.5) 11 942 (4.1) 2520 (5.2) 29 742 (3.8)
    Multiple resection of colon 2936 (0.7) 953 (0.3) 258 (0.5) 4147 (0.5)
    Proctectomy 2885 (0.7) 684 (0.2) 310 (0.6) 3879 (0.5)
Pathology
    Benign colorectal tumor 55 705 (12.7) 72 941 (25.2) 8041 (16.7) 136 687 (17.6 %)
    Colorectal cancer 192 405 (43.9) 113 676 (39.3) 19 919 (41.3) 326 000 (42)
    Diverticulitis of colon 146 541(33.4) 88 641 (30.6) 16 435 (34.1) 251 617 (32.4)
    Diverticulosis of colon 61 584 (14.1) 28 353 (9.8) 5139 (10.6) 95 076 (12.3)
    Crohn disease 24 816 (5.7) 11 314 (3.9) 3417 (7.1) 39 547 (5.1)
    Ulcerative colitis 13 287 (3) 5941 (2.1) 779 (1.6) 20 007 (2.6)

Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

NIS, National Inpatient Sample database.