Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study patients.
| Age, Years; Mean ± SD | 69.3 ± 11.0 | |
| Gender; n (%) | Male | 206 (42.2%) |
| Female | 282 (57.8%) | |
| ASA score; n (%) | I–II | 208 (42.6%) |
| III–IV | 280 (57.4%) | |
| Chronic kidney failure; n (%) | 10 (2%) | |
| Diabetes; n (%) | 65 (13.3%) | |
| Coronary heart; n (%) | 130 (26.6%) | |
| History of stroke; n (%) | 15 (3.1%) | |
| Tumor localization; n (%) | Caecum; n (%) | 128 (26.2%) |
| Ascending colon; n (%) | 265 (54.3%) | |
| Hepatic flexure; n (%) | 63 (12.9%) | |
| Transverse colon; n (%) | 32 (6.6%) | |
| Surgical radicality | Radical; n (%) | 453 (92.8%) |
| Palliative; n (%) | 35 (7.2%) | |
| pT | T1/2; n (%) | 69 (14.1%) |
| T3/4; n (%) | 419 (85.9%) | |
| pN | N0; n (%) | 249 (51.0%) |
| N+; n (%) | 239 (49.0%) | |
| pM | 0; n (%) | 415 (85.0%) |
| 1; n (%) | 73 (15.0%) | |
| Surgical approach | Open; n (%) | 402 (82.4%) |
| MIS; n (%) | 86 (17.6%) | |
| Type of anastomosis | End-to-end; n (%) | 43 (8.8%) |
| End-to-side; n (%) | 204 (41.8%) | |
| Side-to-side; n (%) | 241 (49.4%) | |
| Anastomotic technique | Hand sewn; n (%) | 484 (99.2%) |
| Stapled; n (%) | 4 (0.8%) | |
| Postoperative complications; n (%) | 111 (22.7%) | |
| Anastomotic leakage; n (%) | 23 (4.7%) | |
| Intrahospital mortality; n (%) | 8 (1.6%) | |
| Postoperative hospitalization length, days; mean ± SD | 12 ± 7 | |
| 3 months readmission rate; n (%) | 32 (6.6%) | |