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Table 2 Perioperative outcomes and pathologic results about LAPPG and LADG

From: Objective evaluation of clinical outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for middle-third early gastric cancer

Variables

LAPPG(n = 70)

LADG(n = 97)

P value

Mean operation time (min)b

220.5 ± 17.2

223.8 ± 28.1

0.216

Mean blood loss (ml)b

46.9 ± 49.6

48.5 ± 51.1

0.830

Mean maximum tumor diameter (cm)b

1.8 ± 0.7

1.8 ± 0.7

0.934

Mean proximal margin (cm)b

2.9 ± 0.8

3.0 ± 0.8

0.233

Positive proximal margin rate

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.000

Mean distal margin (cm)b

3.8 ± 1.4

3.6 ± 1.7

0.265

Positive distal margin rate

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1.000

Mean total no. of examined lymph nodesb

22.4 ± 5.3

23.2 ± 5.5

0.337

Median postoperative hospitalization (days, range)

8 (7–30)

8 (7–27)

0.199

Median postoperative first flatus (days, range)

4 (3–5)

4 (2–5)

0.571

Median postoperative gastric tube decompression (days, range)

4 (2–20)

3 (2–19)

0.656

Median postoperative fluid diet start (days, range)

5 (4–21)

5 (4–19)

0.346

Postoperative complicationa ≥ II (no. of patients)

11 (15.7%)

13 (13.4%)

0.824

 Gastric stasis

4 (5.7%)

2 (2.1%)

 

 Anastomotic leak

1 (1.4%)

3 (3.1%)

 

Abdominal absces

1 (1.4%)

2 (2.1%)

 

Respiratory complication

5 (7.1%)

6 (6.2%)

 

Differentiation

  

0.215

 Well or moderate differentiation

47 (67.1%)

68 (76.4%)

 

 Poorly differentiation or Signet ring cell

23 (32.9%)

21 (23.6%)

 

pT category

  

1.000

 T1a

33 (47.1%)

45 (46.4%)

 

 T1b

37 (52.9%)

52 (53.6%)

 

Hospitalization expenses (Ten thousands)b

4.6 ± 0.5

5.3 ± 0.4

0.004

  1. aAcording to the Clavien–Dindo classification
  2. bValues are shown as mean ± standard deviation