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Operative morbidity
| CTCAE v3.0 | Group A (n = 135) | Group B (n = 496) |
Two‐sided P |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Patients | % | No. of Patients | % | ||
| Postoperative Grade 1 or more complications | 13 | 9.6 | 107 | 21.6 | .001 |
| Anastomotic leakage | 4 | 3 | 25 | 5 | .36 |
| Paralytic ileus | 3 | 2.2 | 19 | 3.8 | .60 |
| Bowel obstruction | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | .35 |
| Wound complication | 1 | 0.7 | 29 | 5.8 | .01 |
| Postoperative hospital days, median | 11 | 11 | .82 | ||
| (IQR) [Range] | (9‐12) [7‐56] | (9‐14) [5‐67] | |||
Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.
