Table 4 Postoperative clinical outcomes.

From: Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision with D3 lymph node dissection for right colon cancer in elderly patients

 

Group A

Group B

p value

Hospital stay (POD)

8.6 ± 3.6

9.2 ± 5.2

0.427

Diet start day

2.9 ± 1.5

2.9 ± 1.6

0.830

Flatus passing day

2.8 ± 1.0

2.7 ± 0.9

0.533

Clavien-Dindo complication \(\ge \) 2

13/80

16/127

0.461

Bleeding

2

2

 

Pulmonary thromboembolism

1

0

 

Anastomotic leakage

4

6

 

Ileus

6

6

 

Acute renal failure

0

1

 

Pancreatitis

0

1

 

Mortality case

1/80

0/127

0.386

Refuse rate of adjuvant chemotherapy

12/44

5/77

0.002

  1. POD postoperative day, SSI surgical site infection.