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Table 1 Grouping criteria for LPNM

From: Prognostic significance of lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for middle-low rectal cancer patients with lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis: a propensity score matching study

Characteristic

High-risk group

(n = 14)

Low-risk group

(n = 15)

LPNs Location

  Obturator or the external iliac vessel region

4 (28.6)

15 (100.0)

  Other

10 (71.4)

0 (0)

Distant metastasis

  Presence

4 (28.6)

0 (0)

  Absence

10 (71.4)

15 (100.0)

The number of LPNs

  < 2

5 (35.7)

15 (100.0)

   ≥ 2

9 (64.3)

0 (0)