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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population, n (%)/mean ± SD

Characteristic
Age, years	65.02 ± 14.26
Male	46 (55.0)
Female	37 (45.0)
Incision length (entire patient population), (cm)	7.8 ± 4.1
Incision length (lap procedure group), (cm)	6.9 ± 4.1
Incision length (hand procedure group), (cm)	10.1 ± 2.9
Operative time, (minutes)	336.2 ± 134.0
Length of stay, (days)	6.7 ± 3.43
Type of resection
Right	29 (35.0)
Sigmoid/recto-sigmoid (8/3)	11 (13.0)
LAR/AR (16/2)	18 (22.0)
Transverse	8 (10.0)
Total/subtotal (7/3)	10 (12.0)
Left	4 (5.0)
APR	3 (3.0)
Surgical method
Laparoscopic-assisted	58 (70)
Hand-assisted/hybrid laparoscopic	25 (30)

LAR: Low anterior resection; AR: Anterior resection; APR: Abdominoperineal resection.