Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Clinicopathological factors	Value (N=53)
Age, years, median [range]	65 [37–78]
Gender, n (%)
Male	30 (56.6)
Female	23 (43.4)
Location, n (%)
Colon	38 (71.7)
Rectum	15 (28.3)
Preoperative morbidity, n (%)
Present	38 (71.7)
Absent	15 (28.3)
Procedure, n (%)
Open	22 (41.5)
Laparoscopic	31 (58.5)
Postoperative complication, n (%)
Present	13 (24.5)
Absent	40 (75.5)
Differentiation, n (%)
Well differentiated adenocarcinoma	9 (17.0)
Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma	39 (73.6)
Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	3 (5.7)
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	2 (3.8)
Stage, n (%)
II	7 (13.2)
III	46 (86.8)
Recurrence forms*, n (%)
Liver	7 (13.2)
Lung	3 (5.7)
Para-aortic lymph node	2 (3.8)
Local (intrapelvic)	1 (1.9)
Peritoneum	1 (1.9)

*, with some duplication.