Clinical Outcome of Laparoscopic Intersphincteric Resection Combined with Transanal Rectal Dissection for T3 Low Rectal Cancer in Patients with a Narrow Pelvis

Table 1

Characteristics of patients.

Parameter	𝑁=20
Median age	66 (42–77)
Gender: male/female	15/5
Median body mass index (kg/m^2)	25.3 (16.9–31.2)
Preoperative TNM staging
T3N0M0	8
T3N1M0	9
T3N2M0	2
T3N3M1	1
ISR
Partial/subtotal/total	15/1/4
Median duration of TARD (min)	83 (43–135)
Male	89 (50–135)
Female	81 (43–97)
Postoperative TNM staging
ypT2N0M0	1
ypT3N0M0	1
pT2N0M0	4
pT2N1M0	2
pT3N0M0	7
pT3N1M0	2
pT3N2M0	2
pT3N2M1	1
Median tumor size (mm)	42 (15–75)
Median circumferential rate of tumor (%)	66 (27.7–90)
Median distal margin (mm)	22.5 (7–40)

ISR: intersphincteric resection.