Laparoscopic versus Open Complete Mesocolic Excision for Right Colon Cancer

Table 2

Operative data and technical aspect according to the surgical approach.

	Surgical approach				value
	Open surgery		Laparoscopic
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Length of the surgical specimen (cm)	27.33	3.22	20.10	1.97	<0.001
Tumor size (cm)	5.63	.914	4.50	0.715	<0.001
Area of mesentery (mm^2)	15.36	1.24	14.22	0.91	<0.001
Proximal resection margin (cm)	20.27	8.821	16.58	5.870	0.018
Distal resection margin (cm)	13.44	1.809	14.83	1.894	<0.001
Incision length (cm)	18.79	3.18	6.10	0.93	<0.001
Operative time (min)	152.04	27.24	201.31	57.80	<0.001
Blood loss (mL)	264.17	67.70	189.33	74.22	<0.001
No. of LNs retrieved	32.65	12.28	39.81	16.74	0.010
Distance from the tumor to the high tie (mm)	124.44	18.61	140.42	16.78	<0.001
Distance from the nearest bowel wall to the high tie (mm)	79.96	8.84	110.71	12.36	<0.001

value ≤0.05 is significant.