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Table 4 Risk assessment for the occurrence of postoperative complication

From: Significance of prophylactic intra-abdominal drain placement after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

 

Postoperative complication

 
 

(-)

(+)

p value

Operation time (min)

   

 All cases

401.8 ± 79.2(n = 55)

431.3 ± 67.3(n = 23)

0.121a

  Drain group (n = 45)

403.3 ± 88.1(n = 31)

421.3 ± 76.5(n = 14)

0.524a

  No-drain group (n = 33)

399.6 ± 66.7(n = 23)

444.4 ± 54.2(n = 10)

0.071a

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

   

 All cases

38.2 ± 51.0(n = 55)

69.6 ± 104.3(n = 23)

0.038a

  Drain group (n = 45)

47.3 ± 55.8(n = 31)

64.6 ± 69.7(n = 14)

0.386a

  No-drain group (n = 33)

25.4 ± 41.2(n = 23)

76.0 ± 141.4(n = 10)

0.121a

  1. a Student’s t-test.