Total Mesorectal Excision with or without Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer

Table 1

Demographic distribution.

		Mean	Standard deviation	value
Age (years)	Both groups	47.7	13.08	0.216
	Group A (TME only)	44.09	11.94
	Group B (LPLN)	51.35	13.41
		Number	Percentage (%)
Gender (female)	Group A (TME only) n = 46	20	43.5	0.359
	Group B (LPLN) n = 46	14	30.4