Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2016; 22(14): 3813-3820
Published online Apr 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i14.3813
Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients
GroupVLNDNVLNDP value
No. of cases152163
Sex
Male1011010.414
Female5162
Age (yr), mean ± SD55.72 ± 11.7356.97 ± 12.190.163
Tumor location
Upper stomach38460.679
Middle stomach3642
Lower stomach7570
Whole stomach35
Tumor size (cm), mean ± SD4.59 ± 2.844.38 ± 3.290.456
Bormann type
I or II40570.063
III or IV112106
Postoperative stay (d)13.2413.960.473
Blood transfusion0.982
Absent94101
Present5862
Mean operation time271.91 ± 65.58272.52 ± 57.570.931
Gastrectomy0.129
Total5876
Subtotal9487
Type of reconstruction
Roux-en-Y5876
Billroth I79
Billroth II8778
Pathological classification and differentiation0.466
Differentiated5347
Undifferentiated99115
Retrieved nodes, mean ± SD29.94 ± 11.7027.85 ± 12.050.307
Metastatic nodes, mean ± SD4.41 ± 7.545.30 ± 7.330.717
pT stage0.406
T12522
T22114
T37084
T43643
pN stage0.546
N06153
N15766
N22228
N31216