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Table 8 Comparison of surgical outcomes, postoperative recovery and postoperative complications in Subgroup analysis for total gastrectomy

From: Laparoscopic gastrectomy in obese gastric cancer patients: a comparative study with non-obese patients and evaluation of difference in laparoscopic methods

Variable

Non-obese

Obese

LATG(n = 249)

TLTG(n = 137)

P value

LATG(n = 59)

TLTG(n = 41)

P value

Operation time (min)

236.4 ± 32.8

233.1 ± 26.8

0.32

251.4 ± 34.5

241.5 ± 20.7

0.10

Blood loss (mL)

124.7 ± 42.1

120.5 ± 32.7

0.28

159.2 ± 38.2

137.6 ± 26.7

<0.01

Number of RLN

34.5 ± 11.1

36.8 ± 10.1

0.04

36.7 ± 8.5

36.8 ± 5.2

0.96

Time to first flatus (d)

3.4 ± 0.8

3.3 ± 0.7

0.21

3.9 ± 0.8

3.5 ± 0.9

0.04

Time to starting diet (d)

4.4 ± 0.9

4.4 ± 1.5

0.96

4.9 ± 0.8

4.6 ± 1.2

0.15

Postoperative hospital stay (d)

9.5 ± 2.9

9.3 ± 2.1

0.55

10.1 ± 3.0

9.3 ± 1.6

0.15

Overall complications (%)

30 (12.0)

19 (13.9)

0.61

8 (13.6)

5 (12.2)

0.84

Anastomotic leakage (%)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.7)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Anastomotic stricture (%)

3 (1.2)

3 (2.2)

 

0 (0.0)

0(0.0)

 

Anastomotic bleeding (%)

3 (1.2)

2 (1.5)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Intracorporeal hemorrhage (%)

3 (1.2)

1 (0.7)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Abdominal abscess (%)

3 (1.2)

3 (2.2)

 

1 (1.7)

1 (2.4)

 

Stasis (%)

2 (0.8)

2 (1.5)

 

2 (3.4)

1 (2.4)

 

Pancreatic leakage (%)

3 (1.2)

2 (1.5)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Ileus (%)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.7)

 

1 (1.7)

1 (2.4)

 

Lymphorrhea (%)

4 (1.6)

1 (0.7)

 

1 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

 

Wound infection (%)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (3.4)

1 (2.4)

 

Others (%)

5 (2.0)

3 (2.2)

 

1 (1.7)

1 (2.4)

 
  1. LATG laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy, TLTG totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy, RLN Regional lymph nodes