Fig 1.
Pateint selection flow chart.
Table 1.
Anastomotic leakage and other clinical outcomes.
Table 2.
Demographics and perioperative clinical characteristics.
Table 3.
Risk factors and clinical parameters associated with the anastomotic leak from logistic regression.
Fig 2.
Healthcare costs by procedure & approach.
The clipped boxplot trimmed extremely high values based on 20,000,000 KRW. (1 U.S. dollor = 1,150 Korean won) (A) The number of clipped patients in open anterior resection = 256; The number of clipped patients in laparoscopic anterior resection = 334; The number of clipped patients in open low anterior resection = 432; (B) The number of clipped patients in laparoscopic low anterior resection = 792; The number of clipped patients in open ultra-low anterior resection = 17; The number of clipped patients in laparoscopic ultra-low anterior resection = 76.
Table 4.
Healthcare costs by procedure & approach.
Table 5.
Economic outcomes of the presence of anastomotic leakage.