Table 1 Patient characteristics
Preoperative variables | ||
Gender | male/female | 46/9 |
Age | median (range) | 64 (37–76) |
Tumor location | upper/middle/lower | 6/30/19 |
Preoperative therapy | no/yes | 19/36 |
cT factor | T1/T2/T3/T4 | 12/15/26/2 |
cN factor | N0/N1/N2/N3 | 25/19/10/1 |
cM factor | M0/M1 | 51/4 |
cStage | I/II/III/IV | 16/15/20/4 |
Intraoperative variables | ||
Field of lymph node dissection | two-field/three-field | 15/40 |
Organ used in reconstruction | stomach/jejunum | 54/1 |
Operation time (min) | median (range) | 558 (411–755) |
Blood loss (ml) | median (range) | 945 (370–3525) |