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

Table 5 Difference of complications rate between radical and palliative LN dissection

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