Benefits of intracorporeal gastrointestinal anastomosis following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy

Table 2 Intraoperative variables for three groups

	LADG + EC (n = 73)^a	LDG + B-I (n = 248)^b	LDG + R-Y (n = 128)^c
Operation time, min	339 ± 83^d	261 ± 63^e	333 ± 79^d
Blood loss, ml	119 ± 108	47 ± 48^e	76 ± 80^f

Abbreviations: B-I Billroth I anastomosis; B-II Billroth II anastomosis; EC extracorporeal; IC intracorporeal; LADG laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy; LDG laparoscopic distal gastrectomy; R-Y Roux-en Y anastomosis.
^aLADG with any of the three types of anastomosis.
^bPure LDG with IC B-I.
^cPure LDG with IC R-Y.
^dGroups were not significantly different from each other.
^eP < 0.01 compared with the other two groups.
^fP < 0.05 compared with the LADG group.

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