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. 2020 Dec 16;62(1):111–120. doi: 10.4111/icu.20200176

Table 2. Case series stratified by individual patients.

Variable Patient
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Age (y) 46 72 58 79 64 62 60
Sex Male Male Male Male Male Male Male
BMI (kg/m2) 18.1 22.2 29.4 25.1 23.8 31.6 *
ASA 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
Charlson Comorbidity 3 6 3 6 4 4 3
Colorectal malignancy Primary rectal Ca Primary rectal Ca None Rectal Ca recurrence Primary rectal Ca Primary rectal Ca None
Urological malignancy None None Primary prostate Ca Primary prostate Ca Primary prostate Ca Primary prostate Ca Primary prostate Ca
Pre-op PSA None None * 4.5 8.1 18 28
T (CR/URO for dual) 4 4a 4 4b/2c 1/3a 2/3a 4
N 2a 0 0 1 0 0 1
M 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Surgery APR+CP+IC APR+prostatectomy APR+cystectomy+IC APR+CP+IC ULAR+prostatectomy APR+prostatectomy ULAR+prostatectomy
Urological anastomosis Ileal-ileal Vesicourethral Ileal-ileal Ileal-ileal Vesicourethral Vesicourethral Vesicourethral
Colorectal anastomosis None None None None Colorectal None Colorectal
Stoma End-colostomy+urostomy End-colostomy End-colostomy+urostomy End-colostomy+urostomy Loop ileostomy End colostomy Loop ileostomy
Operation time (min) 200 450 600 600 420 670 460
EBL (mL) * * * 400 150 1,000 700
LOS (d) 9 13 12 34 8 6 *
Clavien–Dindo complication II I I II I I III
Morbidity Recurrent UTI requiring IVABx. R) Ureteric stricture requiring stent Ileus Ileus Ileus, perineal wound dehiscence/infection (VAC and IVABx) UTI (POABx) Ileus Vesicourethral anastomotic leak and sepsis
Post-op transfusion No No No No No No No
Colorectal histology Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma (high grade) None Adenocarcinoma (high grade) Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma None
Urological histology None None Prostate adenocarcinoma (high grade) Prostate adenocarcinoma Prostate adenocarcinoma Prostate adenocarcinoma Prostate adenocarcinoma
Lymph nodes positive 4/12 0/13 0/0 1/8 0/15 0/13 4/12
Grade of TME 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
Colorectal margins CRM (mm) 4 0.7 None 3.5 3 8 None
Colorectal margins DRM (mm) 100 35 Clear, mm not reported Clear, mm not reported 10 15 Clear, mm not reported
Urological margins None None Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
Neo-adjuvant therapy/response Yes/Grade 3 Yes/Grade 1 No Yes/Grade 3 No Yes/Grade 1 Yes/Grade 1
Type of therapy Chemoradiotherapy Chemoradiotherapy None Chemoradiotherapy+5-FU Chemoradiotherapy (45 Gy XRT and 5-FU) Chemoradiation 5-FU+45 Gy XRT ADT
Adjuvant therapy Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Type of therapy Modified FOLFOX-6 5-FU None 5-FU None Capecitabine incomplete course None
Recurrence (months post-op) 21 None 22 24 None None None
Recurrence (local) None None Right internal iliac node Pelvic None None None
Recurrence (systemic) Retrocrural/supraclavicular nodes, lung None Thoracic vertebrae Lung, femoral neck None None None
Survival Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Grade 3 is considered complete. Grade 2 is considered near complete. Response to neoadjuvant therapy adjudged by grades where Grade 1 is moderate response and Grade 3 is poor response. BMI, body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; Ca, cancer; op, operative; PSA, prostate specific antigen; CR/URO, colorectal or urological; ARP, abdominoperineal resection; ULAR, ultra-low anterior resection; CP, cystoprostatectomy; IC, ileal conduit; EBL, estimated blood loss; LOS, length of stay; UTI, urinary tract infections; IVABx, intravenous antibiotics; VAC, vacuum dressing; POABx, per oral antibiotics; TME, total mesorectal excision; CRM, circumferential resection margin; DRM, distal resection margin; XRT, external beam radiotherapy; FU, Fluorouracil; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; FOLFOX, folinic acid, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin.

*Denotes missing data.