Table 1.

Patient characteristics and operative details

Patient	TissuePatch™ applied	Age	Pathology	Location of anastomosis	Operation	Postoperative tumour staging	TissuePatch™ left in situ
1	Yes	76 years	Cancer	Ascending colon	RH	pT2 pN0	Yes
2	Yes	59 years	Cancer	Caecum	RH	pT3 pN0	Yes
3	No	80 years	Post AR	Terminal ileum	IC	N/A	No
4	No	47 years	Diverticulosis	Sigmoid colon	AR	N/A	No
5	Yes	73 years	Cancer	Ascending colon	RH	pT2 pN1	Yes
6	Yes	75 years	Cancer	Ascending colon	RH	pT4 pN1	Yes
7	Yes	65 years	Cancer	Ascending colon	RH	pT3 pN1	Yes
8	Yes	70 years	Cancer	Descending colon	AR	pT4 pN2	Yes
9	Yes	67 years	Diverticulosis	Sigmoid colon	AR	N/A	Yes

AR = anterior resection; RH = right hemicolectomy; IC = ileostomy closure