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

Table 5

Local recurrence distribution and distant metastasis distribution.

		Group A		Group B		value
		Count	%	Count	%
Local recurrence	Yes	4	8.7	2	4.3	1
	No	42	91.3	44	95.7
Metastasis	Yes	4	8.7	6	13.0	1
	No	42	91.3	4	87.0