Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer: What Is the Evidence?

Table 5

Open versus standard laparoscopic versus RAS [43].

	Open	Laparoscopic	RAS
Procedure time (min)	252.6*	277.8*	309.7*
Surgical blood loss (mL)	275.4*	140.1*	133*
Hospital stay (days)	16*	13.5*	10.8*
Complications (%)	24.8	27.9	20.6
Pathological
Median lymph nodes resected	17.4	15.6	15
Median length of distal; margin (cm)	2.2	2	1.9
Number of specimens with; involved CRM	17	11	7

^∗𝑃<0.05.