Table 1 Group characteristics

From: Methylene blue injection into the rectal artery as a simple method to improve lymph node harvest in rectal cancer

 

Unstained group

Methylene group

Mean age±s.d.

64±16

57±16

f:m ratio

1:1

1:0.85

Mean resection length±s.d.

22±5

20±4

Preoperative radiation

6

5

pT0 (complete remission)

1

2

pT2

4

4

pT3

7

6

  1. s.d.=standard deviation; f=female; m=male.
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