Table 2.
Quality of the surgical specimen
| Overall series | Propensity score matched pairs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN 203 (65.27) |
LAP 108 (34.73) |
p value | OPEN 161 (60.53) |
LAP 105 (39.47) |
p value | |
| Quality of mesorectal excision: incomplete | 21 (10.3) | 18 (16.7) | 0.149 | 13 (8.1) | 17 (16.2) | 0.048 |
| Positive distal margin | 4 (2) | 0 | 0.302 | 4 (2.5) | 0 | 0.156 |
| Positive circumferential resection margin | 15 (7.4) | 6 (5.6) | 0.640 | 11 (6.8) | 5 (4.8) | 0.603 |
| Successful resection | 169 (83,3) | 87 (80.6) | 0.640 | 136 (84.5) | 85 (81) | 0.505 |
Values in parentheses are percentages