| LAP (n = 254) | OP (n = 265) | P | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % |  | |
Location | Right-hemi Colon | 70 | 27.6 | 72 | 27.2 | 0.896 |
 | Transverse Colon | 3 | 1.2 | 6 | 2.2 |  |
 | Left-hemi Colon | 16 | 6.2 | 15 | 5.7 |  |
 | Sigmoid Colon | 65 | 25.6 | 68 | 25.7 |  |
 | Rectum | 100 | 39.4 | 104 | 39.2 |  |
Tumor Size (cm, mean ± SD) | 4.7 ± 1.7 | 4.8 ± 1.9 | 0.579 | |||
Proximal Margin for colon cancer (cm)a | 12.7 ± 6.8 | 11.4 ± 4.1 | 0.000 | |||
Distal Margin for colon cancer (cm)a | 10.7 ± 6.7 | 9.8 ± 5.7 | 0.189 | |||
Proximal Margin for rectum cancer (cm)b | 11.4 ± 4.3 | 11.7 ± 4.7 | 0.573 | |||
Distal Margin f for rectum cancer(cm)b | 4.8 ± 3.1 | 4.0 ± 1.7 | 0.052 | |||
Total Sample Length(cm) | 26.3 ± 10.5 | 25.4 ± 8.9 | 0.302 | |||
Lymph Nodes Retrieved | 12.0 ± 6.9 | 11.4 ± 7.1 | 0.327 | |||
Pathological Results | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 | Differentiation |  |  |  |  | 0.222 |
 |    Well-differentiated | 51 | 20.1 | 53 | 20.0 |  |
 |    Moderate-differentiated | 172 | 67.7 | 166 | 62.6 |  |
 |    Poor-differentiated | 16 | 6.3 | 17 | 6.5 |  |
 |    Mucinous | 15 | 5.9 | 29 | 10.9 |  |
 | pT |  |  |  |  | 0.362 |
 |    pT1 | 33 | 13.0 | 27 | 10.2 |  |
 |    pT2 | 63 | 24.8 | 52 | 19.6 |  |
 |    pT3 | 75 | 29.5 | 107 | 40.4 |  |
 |    pT4 | 83 | 32.7 | 79 | 29.8 |  |
 | pN |  |  |  |  | 0.661 |
 |    pN0 | 104 | 40.9 | 117 | 44.2 |  |
 |    pN1 | 83 | 32.7 | 81 | 30.6 |  |
 |    pN2 | 67 | 26.4 | 67 | 25.3 |  |
 | Lymph Nodes Metastasis |  |  |  |  | 0.478 |
 |    Yes | 150 | 59.1 | 148 | 55.8 |  |
 |    No | 104 | 40.9 | 117 | 44.2 |  |
 | TMN Stage |  |  |  |  | 0.286 |
 |    I | 26 | 10.2 | 17 | 6.4 |  |
 |    II | 103 | 40.6 | 111 | 41.9 |  |
 |    III | 125 | 49.2 | 137 | 51.6 |  |