In a Chinese multi-center study on right hemicolectomy for colon cancer, involving 1,854 patients from 52 tertiary hospitals, laparoscopic surgery with D3 lymph node dissection was predominant. Postoperative morbidity and mortality were low at 11.7% and 0.2%, respectively. Anastomotic leak occurred in 1.4% of cases. Risk factors for morbidity included higher ASA grade, increased intraoperative blood loss, and D3 lymph node dissection. Anastomotic leak risk was associated with extracorporeal side-to-side anastomosis, higher blood loss, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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