Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2014; 6(4): 59-64
Published online Apr 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i4.59
Table 1 Patients characteristics n (%)
LARGORGP value
Sex (male/female)109/91112/880.84
Age (yr)58.3 ± 6.558.6 ± 6.3
Pathological type
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma49 (24.5)38 (19.0)0.321
Moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma23 (11.5)31 (15.5)
Poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma115 (57.5)122 (61.0)
Signet ring cell carcinoma13 (6.5)9 (4.5)
Classification (T)
T118 (9.0)15 (7.5)0.862
T289 (44.5)91 (45.5)
T393 (46.5)94 (47.0)
Lymph node metastasis
N013 (6.5)11 (5.5)0.903
N188 (44.0)91 (45.5)
N299 (49.5)98 (49.0)
Clinical stage
 I + II91 (45.5)89 (44.5)0.92
III + IV109 (54.5%)111 (55.5)
Table 2 Comparison of surgical outcomes between laparoscopic radical gastrectomy and open radical gastrectomy groups
OutcomesLARGORGP value
Operation time (min)192.3 ± 20.9180.0 ± 26.9< 0.0001
No. of lymph nodes removed28.5 ± 4.528.3 ± 3.40.62
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)103.1 ± 19.5163.0 ± 32.9< 0.0001
Bedbound time (d)1.0 ± 0.33.3 ± 0.4< 0.0001
Time to bowel opening (d)3.3 ± 0.74.5 ± 0.7< 0.0001
Length of incision (cm)5.2 ± 0.717.8 ± 1.0< 0.0001
Time to normal diet (d)3.0 ± 0.43.8 ± 0.5< 0.0001
Total hospital stay (d)6.8 ± 1.29.5 ± 1.6< 0.0001
Table 3 Comparison of postoperative complications between the two groups n (%)
Postoperative complicationsLARGORGP value
Decreased gastrointestinal motility3 (1.5)7 (3.5)0.2
Anastomotic leakage/stump fistula7 (3.5)15 (7.5)0.08
Poor incision healing5 (2.5)16 (8.0)0.01
Pulmonary infection4 (2.0)19 (9.5)0.001
Acute liver/kidney failure1 (0.5)4 (2.0)0.18
Total131 (6.5)271 (13.5)0.02