Table 3.

Details of surgery for each cancer

	LAP (n = 18)	OP (n = 32)	Total (n = 50)	p value
Surgical procedure
Rt-sided colectomy	9 (50 %)	13 (41 %)	22 (44 %)	0.84
Transverse colectomy	0 (0 %)	4 (12 %)	4 (8 %)
Lt-sided colectomy	1 (5 %)	2 (6 %)	3 (6 %)
Sigmoid colectomy	3 (17 %)	7 (22 %)	10 (20 %)
Anterior resection	5 (28 %)	6 (19 %)	11 (22 %)
Extent of lymphade-nectomy
D1	1 (6 %)	9 (28 %)	10 (20 %)	0.29
D2	6 (33 %)	6 (19 %)	12 (24 %)
D3	11 (61 %)	17 (53 %)	28 (56 %)

Rt-sided right-sided, Lt-sided left-sided