Retrospective research of neoadjuvant therapy on tumor-downstaging, post-operative complications, and prognosis in locally advanced rectal cancer

Table 7 Comparison of post-operation data between neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy

	NRCT	NCT	P value
Median hospitalization time in d	7	8	0.75
Liquid diet time in d	3	2	0.96
Re-operation, n			0.47
Yes	4	0
No	51	22
Complications, n			0.33
Yes	13	3
No	42	19
Anastomotic leakage1, n			0.56
Yes	5	1
No	31	19
Incision complications, n			0.47
Yes	4	0
No	51	22

¹Including cases receiving Dixon only. NCT: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; NRCT: Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.