Feasibility and oncological outcomes of laparoscopic rectal resection following neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy: A systematic review

Table 5 Patient characteristics

Ref.	Age (yr)		Laparoscopic Group		Open Group		BMI		Distance from Anal Verge (cm)		Laparoscopic Group		Open Group
	Lap	Open	Men	Women	Men	Women	Lap	Open	Lap	Open	AR	APR	AR	APR
1Kang et al[9]	57.8 (11.1)	59.1 (9.9)	64.7%	35.3%	64.7%	35.3%	24.1 (3.2)	24.1 (3.2)	5.6 (2.3)	5.3 (2.5)	151 (88.8%)	19 (11.2%)	146 (85.9%)	24 (14.1%)
Kusano et al[11]	58 (32-82)	55 (39-73)	15 (78.9%)	4 (21.1%)	8 (57.1%)	6 (42.9%)	≤ 25 = 14 (73.7%) > 25 = 5 (26.3%)	≤ 25 = 9 (64.3%) >25 = 5 (35.7%)	2 (0-50)	3.7 (0-10)	11 (57.9%)	8 (42.1%)	4 (28.6%)	10 (71.4%)
Hu et al[14]	55 (35-78)	55 (29-82)	34 (66.7%)	17 (33.3%)	56 (65.1%)	30 (34.9%)	23.4 (16-31.2)	24.2 (16.3-36.2)	≤ 5 = 33 (64.7%) > 5 = 18 (35.3%)	≤ 5 = 54 (62.8%) > 5 = 32 (37.2%)	32 (62.7%)	18 (35.3%)	36 (41.9%)	44 (51.2%)
Seshadri et al[12]	48 (22-73)	48 (19-71)	47 (65%)	25 (35%)	45 (62%)	27 (38%)	21 (15-33)	22 (14-38)	3 (0-8)	3 (0-10)	8 (11%)	64 (89%)	8 (11%)	64 (89%)
1Denoya et al[15]	56.3	57.1	19 (59.4%)	13 (40.6%)	18 (56.3%)	14 (43.7%)	25	26.4	4.1	4.6	24 (75%)	8 (25%)	24 (75%)	8 (25%)
Denost et al[10]	65 (20-85)	NA	179 (61.3%)	113 (38.7%)	NA	NA	25 (16-39)	NA	< 5 = 175 (59.9%) > 5 = 117 (40.1%)	NA	NR	NR	NA	NA
Motson et al[7]	63 (39-81)	NA	21 (80.8%)	5 (19.2%)	NA	NA	NR	NA	< 5 = 11 (42.3%) > 5 = 15 (57.7%)	NA	16 (61.5%)	10 (38.5%)	NA	NA

Values reported as median (range) except

¹where it is Mean. NA: Not applicable; AR: Anterior resection; APR: Abdomino-perineal resection; BMI: Body mass index; NR: Not reported.