Clinical factor | Standing between patient’s legs (n = 35) | Standing at the left side of patient (n = 43) | P value |
Tumour length (cm) | 4.2 ± 1.3 | 3.9 ± 1.5 | 0.354 |
Number of dissected lymph nodes (n) | 27.5 ± 11.6 | 25.1 ± 15.4 | 0.448 |
Pathological type |
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Uplift type | 12 | 14 | 0.761 |
Ulcer type | 14 | 19 | |
Invasive type | 9 | 10 | |
Postoperative pathological TNM stage |
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I | 4 | 3 | 0.761 |
II | 15 | 18 | |
III | 16 | 22 | |
Postoperative complications (n) | 8 | 10 | 0.967 |