Comparision of modified and conventional delta-shaped gastroduodenostomy in totally laparoscopic surgery

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients in the conventional delta-shaped gastroduodenostomy group and modified delta-shaped gastroduodenostomy group

Item	Con-group (n = 22)	Mod-group (n = 41)	P value
Age (yr)	54.4 ± 11.2	59.5 ± 11.7	0.096
Gender (n, M/F)	12/10	30/11	0.135
BMI (kg/m2, ≥ 23/< 23)	11/11	30/11	0.066
Tumor site (n, LCGA/GCGA)	19/3	40/1	0.232
Tumor size (mm)	27.6 ± 17.1	35.4 ± 19.2	0.116
Proximal margin (mm)	55.3 ± 15.0	53.1 ± 16.1	0.606
Distal margin (mm)	40.4 ± 15.6	39.8 ± 13.5	0.883
AJCC pT stage (n)			0.1841
T1	12	14
T2	5	17
T3	3	9
T4a	2	1
AJCC pN stage (n)			0.5641
N0	13	22
N1	6	12
N2	2	7
N3	1	0
AJCC pTNM stage (n)			0.640
I	14	22
II	5	14
III	3	5

Data are mean ± SD or the number of patients.

¹Fisher’s exact test. M: Male; F: Female; BMI: Body mass index; LCGA: Lesser curvature of the gastric antrum; GCGA: Greater curvature of the gastric antrum; AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; pTNM: Pathological tumor-node-metastasis staging; Con-Group: Conventional delta-shaped gastroduodenostomy group; Mod-Group: Modified version of the delta-shaped gastroduodenostomy group.