Table 1.
Clinical data for all the included 94 patients operated for rectal cancer
| Clinical variables | |
|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | |
| Age (years) | 71 (65–75) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.8 (23.5–28.7) |
| Number (%) | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 55 (58.5) |
| Female | 39 (40.5) |
| Pathological tumor stage | |
| Complete response | 8 (8.5) |
| I | 25 (26.5) |
| II | 20 (21.3) |
| III | 36 (38.3) |
| IV | 5 (5.3) |
| Surgical approach | |
| Open resection | 38 (40.4) |
| Robot-assisted laparoscopy | 53 (56.4) |
| Conventional laparoscopy | 3 (3.2) |
| Operation type | |
| Anterior resection | 33 (35.1) |
| Abdominoperineal excision | 58 (61.7) |
| Hartmann’s procedure | 3 (3.2) |
IQR Interquartile range