Laparoscopic versus Open Complete Mesocolic Excision for Right Colon Cancer

Table 1

Tumor site, pathology, TNM stage, and comorbidities.

		Surgical approach				value
		Open surgery		Laparoscopic
		Count	%	Count	%
Tumor locations	Ascending colon	33	68.8	34	70.8	0.188
	Cecum	8	16.7	12	25.0
	Hepatic flexure	7	14.6	2	4.2
Pathological type	Well differentiated	6	12.5	9	18.8	0.451
	Moderately differentiated	29	60.4	31	64.6
	Poorly differentiated	13	27.1	8	16.7
TNM stage	II	19	39.6	22	45.8	0.680
	III	29	60.4	26	54.2
Potential comorbidities	Hypertension	22	45.8	23	47.9	0.984
	Cerebrovascular disease	2	4.2	2	4.2
	Coronary disease	7	14.6	5	10.4
	Diabetes	10	20.8	11	22.9
	Pulmonary insufficiency	7	14.6	7	14.6

value ≤0.05 is significant.