Research Article
Influence of Individual Surgeon Volume on Oncological Outcome of Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Table 2
Intraoperative characteristics.
| Characteristics | Low-volume surgeon () Number of cases (%) | High-volume surgeon () Number of cases (%) | value |
| Operative time | | | | Median in minutes (95% CI) | 148 (84–212) | 146 (91–201) | 0.66 |
| Blood loss | | | | Median in mL (95% CI) | 547 (136–958) | 308 (104–412) | <0.001 |
| Conversion (laparoscopy only) | | | | No | 195 (73) | 205 (82) | 0.01 | Yes | 71 (27) | 44 (18) |
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95% confidence interval.
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