Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Surgical Outcomes and Tumor Characteristics in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort.

J Clin Med · 2025 · PMC12525105 · PMID 41095811

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0.0550

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approached significancep = 0.055so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

No significant differences were observed between periods for specific complications, including intestinal obstruction, anastomotic leakage, intra-abdominal abscess, pulmonary complications, wound infection, sepsis, and metabolic complications (only metabolic complications approached significance; p = 0.055).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.179not close (p > 0.1)

56.5%) were observed during the pandemic; however, these changes did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.179).

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