Same Surgeon: Different Centre Equals Differing Lymph Node Harvest following Colorectal Cancer Resection

Table 2

Lymph node harvest according to tumour location between units.

	Unit 1	Unit 2	𝑃 value
	Median LN harvest/patient	Median LN harvest/patient
	(range)	(range)
Right colon	16 (5–26)	17 (5–47)	.253
Left colon	15 (6–30)	21 (4–64)	.023
Rectum (overall)	10 (0–22)	31 (5–102)	<.001
Rectum without preoperative radiotherapy	11 (0–22)	25 (5–102)	<.001
	𝑛=28	𝑛=17
Rectum with preoperative radiotherapy	7 (1–20)	41 (20–70)	<.001
	𝑛=21	𝑛=19