Table 2.
Surgical procedures offered to patients in the PTR and USC groups
| PTR ( N = 42) | USC ( N = 6) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical procedure, n | |||
| Ileocecal resection | 5 | - | 0.181 |
| Right hemicolectomy | 4 | - | |
| Transverse colectomy | 4 | - | |
| Left hemicolectomy | 2 | - | |
| Sigmoidectomy | 11 | 2 | |
| Hartmann operation | 3 | 1 | |
| Abdominoperineal resection | 5 | - | |
| High anterior resection | 3 | - | |
| Low anterior resection | 5 | 2 | |
| Only ostomy creation | - | 1 | |
| Approach | 0.591 | ||
| Open | 34 | 4 | |
| Laparoscopic | 8 | 2 | |
| Open conversion, n | 0 | 0 | N.A. |
USC: up-front systemic chemotherapy group. PTR: primary tumor resection group. N.A.: not available. Variables were statistically analyzed by Fisher’s exact test (categorical, binary) or Chi-square test (categorical, more than three variables).