Table 1.
Details of patients and operations
| Patient’s diagnosis | Age (yr) | Gender | Operation |
| Colonic cancer of the ascending colon | 58 | Male | Right hemicolectomy |
| Colonic cancer of the hepatic flexure | 64 | Male | Right hemicolectomy |
| Colonic cancer of the sigmoid colon | 53 | Male | Subtotal colectomy |
| Bleeding diverticulosis | 70 | Female | Subtotal colectomy |
| Colonic cancer of the hepatic flexure | 74 | Male | Extended right hemicolectomy |
| Colonic cancer of the hepatic flexure | 64 | Female | Extended right hemicolectomy |
| Colonic cancer of the transverse colon | 64 | Male | Extended right hemicolectomy |