Is it possible to adopt the same oncological approach in urgent surgery for colon cancer?

Table 5 Variables referring to oncological principles for colon cancer surgery according to tumor location

	Right			Left
	Elective	Urgency	P value	Elective	Urgency	P value
Total	45 (69.2%)	20 (30.8%)		76 (63.3%)	44 (36.7%)
Longitudinal margin (cm)1	7.0 (5.0 - 10.0)	6.5 (2.8 - 10.3)	0.270a	4.0 (2.0 - 5.9)	6.5 (4.0 - 9.3)	0.002a
Number of resected lymph nodes1	19.0 (13.0 - 23.0)	19.5 (13.0 - 26.3)	0.446a	15.0 (11.0 - 19.3)	13.0 (11.0 - 17.3)	0.223a
≥12 resected lymph nodes	35 (77.8%)	19 (95.0%)	0.151b	56 (73.7%)	31 (70.5%)	0.832c

¹p25 - p75.

^aMann Whitney test.

^bExact Fisher’s test.

^cQui-square of Pearson’s test.