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Table 2 Early outcomes and chemotherapy after gastrojejunostomy and palliative gastrectomy

From: Palliative distal gastrectomy offers no survival benefit over gastrojejunostomy for gastric cancer with outlet obstruction: retrospective analysis of an 11-year experience

 

Gastrojejunostomy

Gastrectomy

P value

(n = 25)

(n = 18)

Operative time (min)

165 (102–365)

189 (94–364)

0.08

Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

86 (0–950)

215 (42–790)

0.02

ΔGOOSS

   

Median (range)

2 (0–3)

1 (-2–3)

0.13

Morbidity

8

2

0.10

Anastomotic stricture

2

0

 

Anastomotic leakage

0

0

 

Anorexia

2

1

 

Catheter infection

3

0

 

Others

1

1

 

Number of patients given postoperative chemotherapy

19

15

0.56

Regimens

   

S-1

6

5

S-1 + CDDP

13

6

S-1 + Taxane(DTX/PTX)

0

2

Other

0

2

  1. CDDP, Cisplatin; DTX, Docetaxel; GOOSS, Gastric outlet obstruction scoring system; PTX, Paclitaxel.