Table 1.
General features.
| n = 296 | ||
| Age (years) | mean ± SD (min–max) | 68.4 ± 10.2 (30–89) |
| Sex | n (%) | |
| Men | 175 (59.1) | |
| Women | 121 (40.9) | |
| Type of cancer | n (%) | |
| Colon | 180 (60.8) | |
| Rectum | 116 (39.2) | |
| Stage | n (%) | |
| I | 39 (13.1) | |
| II | 99 (33.5) | |
| III | 124 (41.9) | |
| IV | 34 (11.5) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | mean ± SD (min–max) | |
| Men | 27.6 ± 5.1 (17.2–47.6) | |
| Women | 26.5 ± 5.3 (15.8–46.1) | |
| Surgical complications | n (%) | 131 (44.2) |
| Postoperative collection | 24 (18.3) | |
| Paralytic ileus | 23 (17.6) | |
| Surgical wound infection | 23 (17.6) | |
| Suture dehiscence | 16 (12.2) | |
| Febrile syndrome | 13 (9.9) | |
| Bleeding | 12 (9.2) | |
| Other | 20 (15.3) | |
| In-hospital exitus | n (%) | 8 (2.7) |
| 1-month exitus | n (%) | 9 (3) |
| 6-month exitus | n (%) | 14 (4.7) |
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation.