Effects of enhanced recovery after surgery on postoperative intestinal function and intestinal flora during laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery

Table 1 Clinical and pathological data of two groups of gastric cancer patients, mean ± SD

Baseline information	ERAS group (n = 40)	Traditional treatment group (n = 40)	P value
Age (year)	61.81 ± 4.62	60.21 ± 5.12	0.41
Gender (male/female)	32/8	34/6	0.45
BMI (kg/m2)	24.32 ± 3.13	23.31 ± 2.82	0.71
Tumor site			0.79
Upper part of stomach	5	2	-
Mid stomach	10	10	-
Lower part of stomach	25	28	-
Surgical time (minute)	220.71 ± 30.41	232.73 ± 32.01	0.61
Tumor size (cm)	3.81 ± 1.72	3.91 ± 1.66	0.59
Degree of tumor differentiation			0.66
Well differentiated	2	3	-
Moderately differentiated	15	16	-
Poorly differentiated	20	18	-
Signet-ring cell carcinoma	2	3	-
Mucinous cell carcinoma	1	0	-
Lauren classification
Intestinal	28	30	-
Diffuse	5	7	-
Mixed type	7	3	-
TNM stage
I	2	3	-
II	13	14	-
III	25	23	-
IV	0	0	-

ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery; BMI: Body mass index; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis.