Table III.

Pathological findings and oncological clearance.

Characteristic	ISR (n=6)	Lap-ISR (n=19)
Operative time (min)	435.5 (241–637)	399.1 (240–565)
Blood loss (g)	1125.8 (300–1830)	274.2 (10–1770)
Lymph node harvest	28.0 (7–49)	9.2 (3–20)
Postoperative stay (days)	18.7 (14–30)	14.1 (9–32)
Morbidity and mortality
Intra-operative morbidity	0	2 (10.5%)
Postoperative mortality (%)	0	0
Postoperative morbidity	1 (16.6%)	0
Anastomotic leakage	0	0
Ileus	0	2 (10.5%)
Bleeding	0	1 (5.3%)
Intra-abdominal infection	1 (16.6%)	0
Grade of morbidity
Clavien-Dindo I–II	0	0
Clavien-Dindo IIIa	1(16.6%)	2 (10.5%)
Clavien-Dindo IIIb	0	1 (5.3%)
Clavien-Dindo IV–V	0	0

ISR, intersphincteric resection; Lap-ISR, laparoscopic intersphincteric resection.