Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 163 Patients in a Single Institution

Table 3

Postoperative morbidity and mortality.

	LCRS group; ()	OCRS group; ()
Incision infection	1 (2)	9 (9)	0.021^†
Anastomotic leakage	2 (3)	3 (3)	NS
Postoperative ileus	2 (3)	5 (5)	0.021^†
Major medical complication (%)			NS
Pneumonia	3 (5)	3 (3)
Cardiac decompensation	1 (2)	—
Myocardial infarction	1 (2)	1 (1)
Renal failure	—	1 (1)
Cerebrovascular accident	—	1 (1)
Death in hospital	—	1 (1)	NS

NS: not significant.
^†Student’s -test.