Short term outcomes of minimally invasive selective lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for low rectal cancer

Table 2 Perioperative variables

Access (%)
Robotic	19 (86.4)
Laparoscopic	3 (13.6)
Type of surgery (%)
Low anterior resection	16 (72.7)
Low anterior resection with intersphincteric resection	2 (9.1)
APR	2 (9.1)
Hartmann’s procedure	1 (4.5)
Isolated LPND	1 (4.5)
Laterality of LPND (%)
Unilateral	18 (81.8)
Bilateral	4 (18.2)
Operative time for LPND (min, median, range)	70 (35-120)
Total blood loss (mL, median, range)	100 (50-500)
Conversion to open surgery (%)	1 (4.5)

LPND: Lateral pelvic lymph node dissection.