Clinical Study

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

Table 4

Comparison of the pathological parameters in two groups.

LCRS group
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OCRS group
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Number of lymph nodes, mean SD19 723 8NS
Histology (%)NS
 Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma16 (25)20 (20)
 Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma29 (45)41 (42)
 Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma17 (26)31 (32)
 Others3 (4)6 (6)
Tumor stage (TNM) (%)NS
 I7 (11)7 (7)
 II-A14 (21)17 (17)
 II-B17 (26)27 (28)
 III-A9 (14)19 (20)
 III-B11 (17)16 (16)
 III-C7 (11)12 (12)

NS: not significant.