Table 1.

Postoperative course

	40–74 years	≥ 75 years	p-value
	n = 204	n = 72
LOS at ICU (h)	~ x = 17	~ x = 49	0.002
LOS (h)	~ x = 364	~ x = 498	0.003
	n = 224	n = 88
Redo surgery	70 (31.3%)	31 (35.2%)	ns
Postoperative complications (C-D)
0	37 (16.5%)	1 (1.1%)	< 0.001
I	20 (8.9%)	7 (8.0%)	ns
II	51 (22.8%)	26 (29.5%)	ns
IIIA	37 (16.5%)	14 (15.9%)	ns
IIIB	51 (22.8%)	9 (10.2%)	0.011
IVA	7 (3.1%)	11 (12.5%)	0.001
IVB	1 (0.4%)	4 (4.5%)	0.009
V	20 (8.9%)	16 (18.2%)	0.021
Need for bowel resection	107 (47.8%)	44 (50%)	ns
Need for stoma creation	71 (31.7%)	24 (27,3%)	ns
30-day mortality	11 (4.9%)	14 (15.9%)	0.001
In-hospital mortality	20 (8.9%)	16 (18.2%)	0.021