Multimodal therapy in treatment of rectal cancer is associated with improved survival and reduced local recurrence - a retrospective analysis over two decades

Table 4 Type of surgical procedure performed in each time period over all patients

Characteristics	1993-2001 (n=301)		2002. 2010 (n=357)		p-value
Characteristics	No.	%	No.	%	p-value
Operation					n.s.
Yes	277	92	327	91.6
No	24	8	30	8.4
No	24	8	30	8.4	n.s.
Anterior resection	179	59.5	167	64.1	<0.001
Extirpation	67	22.3	65	18.2	n.s.
Trans anal excision	12	4	27	7.6	n.s.
Other	19	6.3	6	1.7	0.002
TME/PME reported					<0.001
Yes	2	0.7	124	34.7
No	299	99.3	233	65.3
Stoma					0.004
Yes	195	64.8	268	75.1
No	88	29.2	66	18.5
Not reported	18	6	23	6.4