Total Mesorectal Excision with or without Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer

Table 3

Tumor location distribution and pathological type distribution.

		Group A		Group B		value
		Count	%	Count	%
Tumor location	Mid rectum	24	52.2	24	52.2	0.255
	Low rectum	18	39.1	10	21.7
	Mid and low rectum	4	8.7	12	26.1
Pathological type	Nonmucinous adenocarcinoma	38	82.6	36	78.3	1
	Mucinous adenocarcinoma	8	17.4	10	21.7