Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2010; 16(20): 2549-2553
Published online May 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i20.2549
Table 1 Demographic data of 186 gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy with D2 dissection in the X+X- and X-X- groups (mean ± SD) n (%)
X+X- groupX-X- groupP value
(n = 24)(n = 162)
Age (yr)52.4 ± 5.156.8 ± 7.40.998
Gender
Male16 (66.7)110 (67.9)0.904
Female8 (33.3)52 (32.1)
BMI (kg/m2)22.0 ± 1.221.7 ± 1.60.379
TNM stage1
IA1 (4.2)7 (4.3)0.996
IB4 (16.7)31 (19.1)
II8 (33.3)52 (32.1)
IIIA8 (33.3)49 (30.3)
IIIB3 (12.5)23 (14.2)
Type of gastrectomy
Proximal gastrectomy1 (4.2)6 (3.7)0.820
Distal gastrectomy20 (83.3)142 (87.7)
Total gastrectomy3 (12.5)14 (8.6)
Type of reconstruction
Without duodenal exclusion14 (58.3)96 (59.3)0.991
With duodenal exclusion10 (41.7)66 (40.7)
Gallbladders motility after surgery
Normal10 (41.7)62 (38.3)0.750
Abnormal14 (58.3)100 (61.7)