Instrumental Mechanoreceptoric Palpation in Gastrointestinal Surgery

Table 1

Tumour localisation and type for patients involved in the study. GIST stands for gastrointestinal stromal tumour. “Other” tumour types included undifferentiated neoplasm (for gaster) and neuroendocrine carcinoma, hemangioma, fibroid polyp, and undifferentiated neoplasm (for intestine). Brackets contain numbers of open surgeries, laparoscopic surgeries, and robot-assisted surgeries, respectively.

Type	Localisation						Total
	Caecum and ascending colon	Sigmoid colon	Descending colon and transversum	Rectum	Gaster	Intestine
Adenocarcinoma	25 (13/11/1)	25 (12/13/-)	16 (11/5/-)	10 (8/2/-)	3 (-/1/2)	—	79 (44/32/3)
Adenoma	6 (1/5/-)	1 (-/1/-)	1 (-/1/-)	—	—	—	8 (1/7/-)
GIST	—	—	—	—	3 (-/2/1)	1 (1/0/-)	4 (1/2/1)
Other	—	—	—	—	1 (-/-/1)	4 (2/2/-)	5 (2/2/1)
Total number of patients	31 (14/16/1)	26 (12/14/-)	17 (11/6/-)	10 (8/2/-)	7 (-/3/4)	5 (3/2/-)	96 (48/43/5)