Comparison of totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy using an endoscopic linear stapler with laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy using a circular stapler in patients with gastric cancer: A single-center experience

Table 2 Pathologic results of the laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy and totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy groups

Variable	LATG, n = 266	TLTG, n = 421	P value
Tumor size in cm	3.72 ± 2.47	3.95 ± 2.90	0.302
Retrieved lymph nodes, n	34.91 ± 13.92	40.04 ± 15.59	< 0.001
metastatic lymph nodes, n	0.63 ± 2.59	0.82 ± 3.20	0.421
Proximal margin in cm	3.85 ± 3.11	2.68 ± 2.62	< 0.001
Distal margin in cm	12.72 ± 4.86	12.79 ± 4.67	0.870
TNM (AJCC/UICC) staging			0.395
IA	202 (75.9)	285 (67.7)
IB	26 (9.8)	52 (12.4)
IIA	19 (7.1)	40 (9.5)
IIB	8 (3.0)	22 (5.2)
IIIA	5 (1.9)	8 (1.9)
IIIB	4 (1.5)	11 (2.6)
IIIC	2 (0.8)	3 (0.7)

Values are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%). AJCC/UICC: 7^th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging - Union for International Cancer Control; LATG: Laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy.