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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics for three kinds of reconstruction

From: Benefits of intracorporeal gastrointestinal anastomosis following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy

 

LADG + EC (n = 73)a

LDG + B-I (n = 248)b

LDG + R-Y (n = 128)c

Age, years

64 ± 11

65 ± 11

66 ± 10

Male : female

48 : 25

147 : 101

90 : 38

BMI, kg/m2

22.3 ± 3.2

22.0 ± 3.1

22.6 ± 3.0

 

Type of anastomosis

  

B-I

R-Y

B-II

Tumor location

     

 Upper

0

1

2

0

20

 Middle

24

4

6

121

89

 Lower

32

4

0

127

19

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; B-I Billroth I, B-II Billroth-II; EC extracorporeal, IC intracorporeal; LADG laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy; LDG laparoscopic distal gastrectomy.
  2. aLADG with any of the three types of EC anastomosis.
  3. bPure LDG with IC B-I.
  4. cPure LDG with IC R-Y.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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