Comparative study of postoperative complications in patients with and without an obstruction who had left-sided colorectal cancer and underwent a single-stage operation after mechanical bowel preparation.

Ann Coloproctol · 2014 · PMC4286771 · PMID 25580411

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marginal significanceP = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, wound evisceration occurred more frequently in the OB group (2.3%) than in the NOB group (0.8%), and this difference showed marginal significance (P = 0.052).

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