Gastric cancer surgery in cirrhotic patients: Result of gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection

Table 1 Characteristics of patients, tumors, and surgeries

Patients			Variables
Variables	Number	%
Sex			Age (yr)
Male	73	77.7	Median	59
Female	21	22.3	Range	36-76
Diagnosis of cirrhosis			Retrieved nodes
Preoperative	35	37.2	Median	35
Intraoperative	59	62.8	Range	15-71
Cause of cirrhosis			Positive nodes
HBV-related	52	55.3	Mean	3.5
Alcohol	30	31.9	Range	0-27
HCV-related	8	8.5	Operation time (min)
Cryptogenic	4	4.3	Mean	194.6
Extent of gastric resection			Range	110-345
Subtotal	73	77.7	Hospital stay (d)
Total	21	22.3	Median	13.5
TNM stage			Range	7-90
I	51	54.3
II	25	26.6
III	10	10.6
IV	8	8.5