Outcome of Colonic Surgery in Elderly Patients with Colon Cancer

Table 3

Type of operation and stomata.

Type of operation	$<$ 75 years	%	$>$75 years	%	$P\text{-value}$
Ileocecal resection	3	2%	3	4%	NS
Hemicolectomy right	56	42%	36	49%	NS
Transversum resection	2	1%	2	3%	NS
Hemicolectomy left	18	15%	6	8%	NS
Sigmoidresection	35	26%	16	22%	NS
Anteriorresection	13	10%	7	9%	NS
Subtotal colectomy	4	3%	1	1%	NS
Double resection${}^{*}$	2	1%	3	4%	NS
Stomata
No. of primary anastomoses	115	86%	63	85%	NS
Total no. of stomata	18	14%	11	15%	NS
End ileostomy	2	10%	1	9%	NS
End colostomy	9	50%	4	36%	NS
Loop ileostomy	6	21%	3	27%	NS
Loop colostomy	1	5%	3	27%	NS

${}^{*}$3 patients with sigmoidresection and ileocecalresection because of danger of blow-out cecum, 2 hemicolectomy left and right because of doubletumor.