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Table 3 Operative and postoperative characteristics of 72 patients underwent gastrectomy at the university hospital Wuerzburg according to application of post-CTx

From: Original article: role of adjuvant chemotherapy in a perioperative chemotherapy regimen for gastric cancer

Characteristic

 

No adjuvant therapy (n = 20)

Adjuvant therapy (n = 53)

p-value

No.

%

No.

%

OP-technique

Subtotal

3

15.0

8

15.4

 

Total+Pouch

8

40.0

26

50.0

0.697

Transhiatal

9

45.0

18

34.6

 

OP-Duration n = 69

[min]

   

Median

263

261

0.772

Range

182 – 452

159 – 666

 

Time ICU n = 72

[d]

   

Median

2

2

0.066

Range

0 – 24

0 – 17

 

Complications

 Endoscopy

No

18

90.0

49

94.2

0.527

Yes

2

10.0

3

5.8

 Pneumonia

No

18

90.0

50

96.2

0.307

Yes

2

10.0

2

3.8

 Pulm. embolism

No

20

100

51

98.1

0.532

Yes

0

0

1

1.9

 Re-Intubation

No

17

85.0

47

90.4

0.515

Yes

3

15.0

5

9.6

 Tracheotomy

No

19

95.0

52

100

0.104

Yes

1

5.0

0

0

 AKF

No

19

95.0

52

100

0.104

Yes

1

5.0

0

0

 ALF

No

19

95.0

52

100

0.104

Yes

1

5.0

0

0

 Re-Operation

No

18

90.0

47

90.4

0.961

Yes

2

10.0

5

9.6

 CT-Drainage

No

18

90.0

49

94.2

0.527

Yes

2

10.0

3

5.8

 Insufficiency

No

17

85.0

49

94.2

0.204

Yes

3

15.0

3

5.8

 SSI

No

19

95.0

51

98.1

0.477

Yes

1

5.0

1

1.9

 Wound dehiscence

No

19

95.0

51

98.1

0.477

Yes

1

5.0

1

1.9

 Clavien-Dindo

II

15

75.0

41

78.8

 

III

4

20.0

11

21.2

0.268

IV

0

0

0

0

V

1

5.0

0

0

 
  1. ICU Intensive care unit, SSI surgical side infection, AKF acute kidney failure, ALF acute liver failure