Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer: What Is the Evidence?

Table 3

Open versus HAL [28].

	Open	HALS
Incision length (cm)	17±2^∗	6±1^∗
Procedure time (min)	140±20^∗	161±35^∗
Surgical blood loss (mL)	380±85^∗	310±96^∗
Hospital stay (days)	15±3^∗	12±2^∗
Complications	9	5
Pathological
Median lymph nodes resected	15	16
Median length of distal margin; (cm)	2	2
Number of specimens with involved; CRM	0	0

^∗𝑃<0.05.