Table 1.
Patient demographics.
| Variable | Category | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 155 | |||
| n | % | ||
| Module A—patient demographics | |||
| Age at time of surgery | 18–49y | 32 | 20,6 |
| 50–59y | 40 | 25,8 | |
| 60–69y | 53 | 34,2 | |
| 70y+ | 30 | 19,4 | |
| Gender | Man | 81 | 52,3 |
| Woman | 74 | 47,7 | |
| Ethnicity | White | 108 | 69,7 |
| Black | 20 | 12,9 | |
| Indian | 19 | 12,3 | |
| Other | 8 | 5,2 | |
| Tumour stage | Local | 65 | 41,9 |
| Regional | 61 | 39,4 | |
| Distant | 29 | 18,7 | |
| Location of malignancy | Colon (right) No | 131 | 84,5 |
| Colon (right) Yes | 24 | 15,5 | |
| Colon (left) No | 113 | 72,9 | |
| Colon (left) Yes | 42 | 27,1 | |
| Colon (rectum) No | 65 | 41,9 | |
| Colon (rectum) Yes | 90 | 58,1 | |
| Synchronous lesion No | 154 | 99,4 | |
| Synchronous lesion Yes | 1 | 0,6 | |
| Surgical procedure | Low anterior resection (LAR) (rectal) | 81 | 52,3 |
| Right hemicolectomy (right sided) | 22 | 14,2 | |
| Abdominal perineal resection (APR) (rectal) | 23 | 14,8 | |
| Other (n < 15 per type of surgical procedure) | 33 | 18,7 | |
| Surgical access | Open operation | 93 | 60 |
| Laparoscopic completed | 57 | 36,8 | |
| Laparoscopic assisted open operation | 3 | 1,9 | |
| Laparoscopic converted to open | 2 | 1,3 | |
| Stoma formation | No | 56 | 36,1 |
| Yes | 99 | 63,9 | |
| Cancer-related complication/s at surgery | No | 123 | 79,4 |
| Yes | 32 | 20,6 | |
| Postoperative | No | 99 | 63,9 |
| complication ileus | Yes | 56 | 36,1 |