Surgical care quality and oncologic outcome after D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Table 3 Parameters reflecting the quality of care (n = 109)

Parameter	Value
Duration of surgery (min)	230 (200-255)
Operative blood loss (mL)	500 (300-900)
Hospital stay (d)	10 (8-12)
Number of lymph nodes studied	19 (11-25)
30-d mortality	2 (1.8)
30-d morbidity1	29 (26.6)
General morbidity
Cardiac	1 (0.9)
Pleural effusion	8 (7.3)
Pneumonia	3 (1.8)
Pleural empyema	1 (0.9)
Urinary tract infection	2 (1.8)
Thromboembolism	1 (0.9)
Cerebral infarction	1 (0.9)
Surgical morbidity
Bleeding	1 (0.9)
Anastomotic leak2	3 (2.8)
Abdominal abscess	7 (6.4)
Wound infection	1 (0.9)
Common bile duct injury	1 (0.9)
Bowel obstruction	1 (0.9)
Dindo-Clavien classification[32], severe morbidity	9 (8.3)
Grade III	3 (2.8)
Grade IV	3 (2.8)
Grade V	3 (2.8)

¹Figures are not additive because some patients had > 1 complication;

²Two of these were treated conservatively. Data are presented as median (IQR) or n (%).