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 4 Early and late postoperative complications n (%)

	Early complications			Late complications
	LATG, n = 266	TLTG, n = 421	P value	LATG, n = 266	TLTG, n = 421	P value
CDC			0.447			0.681
0	213 (80.1)	334 (79.3)		245 (92.1)	384 (91.2)
1	24 (9.0)	26 (6.2)		10 (3.8)	15 (3.6)
2	13 (4.9)	26 (6.2)		0 (0)	4 (1.0)
3	12 (4.5)	33 (7.8)		11 (4.1)	18 (4.3)
4	4 (1.5)	2 (0.5)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Cx of EJ			0.211			0.439
None	252 (94.7)	407 (96.7)		262 (98.5)	418 (99.3)
Leakage	14 (5.3)	14 (3.3)		1 (0.4)	1 (0.2)
Stricture	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)		3 (1.1)	2 (0.5)

Values are expressed as n (%). CDC: Clavien-Dindo classification; Cx: Complications; EJ: Esophagojejunostomy; LATG: Laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy.