Table 1.

Patients' characteristics.

Category	Characteristic	n or mean	% or SD
General	Female	50	47.6
	Male	55	52.4
	Age	53.2	±16.1
Indication	IBD	41	39.1
	CRC	39	37.1
	Other malignancies	3	2.9
	Diverticular disease	8	7.6
	Other	14	13.3
Surgery	Ileocecal resection	9	8.6
	Right hemicolectomy	8	7.6
	Left hemicolectomy/sigmoid resection	12	11.4
	Rectal resection	10	9.5
	Abdominoperineal resection	3	2.9
	Proctocolectomy/subtotal colectomy	18	17.1
	Reversal of loop ileostomies	22	21.0
	Reversal of other ostomies	10	9.5
	Other	13	12.4
Surgical approacha	Laparoscopyb	55	68.8
	Conversionc	9	11.3
	Primarily open	16	20.0
Type of anastomosis	Small bowel–small bowel	26	24.8
	Small bowel–large bowel	33	31.4
	Large bowel–large bowel	32	30.5
	None	14	13.3

^astoma reversal via ostomy excluded (no laparoscopy and no laparotomy); n = 80. ^blaparoscopic or laparoscopically assisted. ^cof laparoscopically intended procedures. IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CRC, colorectal cancer.