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Table 1 Patient characteristics and surgical outcomes

From: Laparoscopic spleen-preserving No. 10 lymph node dissection for advanced proximal gastric cancer in left approach: a new operation procedure

Variable

Data

Number

32

Age, years (mean±SD)

59.2±12.5

Sex

 

male

26

female

6

Depth of invasion

 

T2

12

T3

20

Lymph node metastasis

 

N0

10

N1

10

N2

4

N3

8

BMI,kg/m2 (mean±SD)

22.1±3.5

Operation time, minutes (mean±SD)

206.4±54.3

Blood loss, ml (mean±SD)

68.2±34.1

Number of dissected lymph nodes, number (mean±SD)

35.4±9.7

Number of positive lymph nodes, number (mean±SD)

5.9±8.3

Number of dissected splenic lymph nodes, number (mean±SD)

2.8±2.1

Number of positive splenic lymph nodes, number (mean±SD)

0.6±1.2

Postoperative hospital stay, days (mean±SD)

11.3±1.5

The time to first flatus, days (mean±SD)

3.8±0.6

The time to ambulation, days (mean±SD)

1.3±0.6

Postoperative complications, number

3

abdominal infection,number

1

pulmonary infection,number

2

Postoperative morbidity rate,%

9.4

  1. BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.