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Table 2 Intraoperative and postoperative characteristics

From: Laparoscopy-assisted versus open D2 radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer without serosal invasion: a case control study

Variables

LAG(n = 224)

OG(n = 112)

P-value

Operation time(minutes)

207.2 ± 137.3

213.0 ± 54.7

0.667

Blood loss(ml)

82.7 ± 101.3

201.7 ± 235.3

0.0

Transfused patients (n)

4

8

0.029

Time to first ambulation (days1)

2.7 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 1.2

0.099

Time to first flatus (days1)

2.6 ± 1.1

3.2 ± 1.1

0.0

Time to fluid diet (days1)

4.7 ± 1.5

5.1 ± 1.8

0.034

Time to soft diet (days1)

8.7 ± 1.6

10.3 ± 1.6

0.0

Hospital stay (days1)

13.3 ± 5.7

17.4 ± 5.0

0.0

  1. Results are presented as mean ± SD unless stated otherwise1Postoperative days; n, number of patients;P-values are for comparison of the LAG and OG groups.