Table 4.

Overview of surgery for individual patients

	LAP (n = 9)	OP (n = 16)	Total (n = 25)	p value
Temporary stoma
Yes	1 (11 %)	0 (0 %)	1 (4 %)	0.36
Operative time (min)
Median (range)	429 (227–655)	310 (171–461)	330 (171–655)	0.09
Estimated blood loss (mL)
Median (range)	65 (30–210)	295 (130–930)	210 (30–930)	0.0015
Blood transfusion
Yes	0 (0 %)	2 (13 %)	2 (8 %)	0.52
Number of lymph nodes harvesteda
Median (range)	32 (15–60)	27 (11–147)	29 (11–147)	0.50
Complications
None/grade 1	6 (67 %)	12 (75 %)	18 (72 %)	0.67
Grade 2 or more	3 (33 %)	4 (25 %)	7 (28 %)

^aCounting together for multiple cancers