Reoperation for early postoperative complications after gastric cancer surgery in a Chinese hospital

Table 4 Difference of complication rate between partial and total gastrectomy

LN dissection	Radical			Palliative
Gastrectomy	Partial	Total	Sig	Partial	Total	Sig
Overall	308 (26.7)	142 (40.9)	< 0.001	32 (34.8)	24 (52.2)	NS
Reoperation	23 (2.0)	12 (3.5)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Hemorrhage
Wound	1 (0.1)	0	NS	0	0
Deep	11 (1.0)	4 (1.2)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Wound dehiscence
Superficial	7 (0.6)	1 (0.3)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Deep	4 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	NS	0	0
Leak	22 (1.9)	12 (3.5)	NS	1 (1.1)	3 (6.5)	NS
Infection
Wound	8 (0.7)	6 (1.7)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Deep	42 (3.6)	30 (8.6)	< 0.001	5 (5.4)	3 (6.5)	NS
PUO	165 (14.3)	65 (18.7)	0.044	13 (14.1)	10 (21.7)	NS
Septicemia	1 (0.1)	6 (1.7)	< 0.001	0	0
Chest	86 (7.5)	61 (17.6)	< 0.001	14 (15.2)	11 (23.9)	NS
UTI	13 (1.1)	6 (1.7)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
System failure
Renal	15 (1.3)	12 (3.5)	0.008	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Respiratory	12 (1.0)	7 (2.0)	NS	3 (3.3)	0	NS
Cardiac	5 (0.4)	6 (1.7)	0.034	2 (2.2)	0	NS
Hypotension	8 (0.7)	6 (1.7)	NS	2 (2.2)	0	NS
DVT	1 (0.1)	3 (0.9)	NS	1 (1.1)	0	NS
Death	6 (0.5)	8 (2.3)	0.007	2 (2.2)	1 (2.2)	NS

Sig: Significance; LN: Lymph node; PUO: Pyrexia of unknown origin; UTI: Urinary tract infection; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis.