Table 4 Baseline patient characteristics.

From: Usefulness of three-dimensional printing of superior mesenteric vessels in right hemicolon cancer surgery

Variable

 

N

3D-printing group

3D-image group

Control group

P value

Age

 

61

60.8 ± 18.3

65.4 ± 15.5

58.9 ± 17.9

0.85

Sex

Male

29

11

9

9

0.66

Female

32

9

10

13

Tumour size (cm)

 

61

3.92 ± 1.52

3.82 ± 1.58

3.29 ± 1.54

0.381

Tumour location

Cecum

5

1

2

2

0.308

Ascending colon

29

9

9

11

Hepatic flexure

18

6

5

7

Transverse colon

9

4

3

2

T stage

T1/2

33

11

9

13

0.754

T3

28

9

10

9

N stage

N0

21

7

6

8

0.306

N1–3

27

9

8

10

N3–6

13

4

5

4

Differentiation level

Well/moderate

33

12

11

10

0.538

Poor/undifferentiated

28

8

8

12

TNM stage

I/II

21

7

6

8

0.823

III

40

13

13

14

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