Research Article
Comparison of Anthropometric Parameters after Ultralow Anterior Resection and Abdominoperineal Resection in Very Low-Lying Rectal Cancers
Table 2
Operative and pathologic results, n (%).
| | Total () | APR () | uLAR () | value |
| | Interval from PCRT to operation, weeks | 7.0 ± 0.91 | 6.85 ± 0.85 | 7.12 ± 0.97 | 0.46 | | Surgical approach | | | | 0.086 | | Open | 29 (82.9) | 16 (94.1) | 13 (72.2) | | | Minimally invasive | 6 (17.1) | 1 (5.9) | 5 (27.8) | | | Ligation of IMA (high) | 14 (55.6) | 7 (53.8) | 8 (57.1) | 0.863 | | Pathologic T category | | | | 0.779 | | 1-2 | 11 (32.4) | 4 (23.5) | 7 (38.9) | | | 3-4 | 25 (68.6) | 13 (76.5) | 11 (61.1) | | | Pathologic N category | | | | 0.486 | | 0 | 30 (85.6) | 14 (82.3) | 16 (88.8) | | | 1 | 4 (11.5) | 3 (17.7) | 1 (5.6) | | | 2 | 1 (2.9) | 0 | 1 (5.6) | | | Adjuvant chemotherapy | 33 (94.3) | 17 (100) | 16 (88.9) | 0.157 | | Adjuvant radiation therapy | 2 (8) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (7.7) | 0.953 |
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Data from 32 patients who underwent preoperative chemoradiation therapy. APR: abdominoperineal resection; uLAR: ultralow anterior resection; PCRT: preoperative chemoradiation therapy; IMA: inferior mesenteric artery. |
