Fig. 3

Two-stage gastrectomy harvested more lymph nodes, and patients in the two-stage gastrectomy group had better short-and long-term outcomes. A Compared with one-stage gastrectomy, two-stage gastrectomy harvested more lymph nodes (P < 0.001). B Compared with patients in the one-stage group, PGC patients who underwent two-stage R0 gastrectomy had a much better OS (P < 0.007). C Compared with patients in the one-stage group, patients who underwent two-stage gastrectomy had a substantially lower volume of RBC and plasma transfusions (P = 0.034). D In addition, patients who underwent two-stage gastrectomy had a significantly shorter ICU stay (P = 0.009)