Current status in remnant gastric cancer after distal gastrectomy

Table 6 Clinical outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for remnant gastric cancer

Ref.	Type of procedure	No. of patients	Operation time (min)	Blood loss (mL)	Conversion to open surgery	No. of retrieved lymph nodes	Complication rate (%)	5-yr OS (%)
Kim et al[76] 2014	Lap	171	197	-	0%	12.9	23.5	-
	Open	50	149	-	-	-	30.0	-
Kwon et al[77] 2014	Lap	182	266	182	5.6%	8	33.3	100.0
	Open	58	203	193	-	7	44.8	94.9
Nagai et al[78] 2014	Lap	12	362	69	0%	23.7	0.0	77.8
	Open	10	271	746	-	15.9	20.0	72.9
Tsunoda et al[79] 2014	Lap	10	325	55	0%	22	10.0	-
	Open	6	289	893	-	7	33.3	-
Son et al[80] 2015	Lap	17	234	228	47.1%	18.8	35.3	67.0
	Open	17	170	184	-	22.3	29.4	60.3

¹Including 10 cases of distal gastrectomy;

²Including 8 cases of robotic surgery. OS: Overall survival.