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Table 3 Primary and secondary outcomes for patients who were diagnosed with rectal cancer in Sweden 2012–2018 and underwent surgical resection MIS vs OPEN. Risk difference (MIS-OPEN) analyses and non-inferiority analyses

From: Short-term results in a population based study indicate advantage for minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery versus open

 

MIS

OPEN

  
 

N = 3,601

N = 5,863

Risk Difference

(95% CI)

p-value

CRM < 1mma, % (95% CI)

3.75 (3.41, 4.76)

5.37 (5.28, 6.54)

-1.623 (-1.623, -1.622)

 < 0.001

missing, N (%)

294 (8.2)

532 (9.1)

  

R1b, % (95%CI)

2.78 (2.35, 3.47)

4.42(4.04, 5.14)

-1.641 (-1.649, -1.633)

 < 0.001

missing, N (%)

163 (4.5)

220 (3.7)

  
  1. aCircumferential resection margin
  2. bClassification on resection margin: R0 no malignant cells at resection margin and R1 microscopic residual tumor
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