Table 3.

Oncological outcomes of the groups

	Robotic group n = 30				Open/lap group n = 60			p values
T stage	Rectal	Colon	Total		Rectal	Colon	Total	0.24
T0	1	0	1		0	0	0
T1	5	0	5		1	1	2
T2	5	3	8		9	4	15
T3	11	4	15		12	24	36
T4	1	0	1		1	8	9
N stage
N0	17	5	22		14	17	31
N1	5	1	6		8	12	20
N2	1	1	2		1	8	9
M stage
M0	23	7	30		22	32	54
M1	0	0	0		1	5	6
Resection margin status								0.9
R0	23	7	30		23	35	58
R1	0	0	0		0	2	2
CRM								0.08
Mesorectal fascia	22/23				18/23
Intra-mesorectal	1/23				5/23
Median number of lymph nodes	16				17			0.9
(Range)	(3–53)				(5–38)
(IQR)	(14–22)				(13–23)
Adjuvant therapy	4/30 (13.3%) 4 Chemotherapy				28/60 (46.6%) 27 Chemotherapy 1 Liver lesion ablation			0.0001