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Table 3 Short-term outcomes of the non-bursectomy group and the bursectomy group

From: Bursectomy and non-bursectomy D2 gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer, initial experience from a single institution in China

 

Non-bursectomy group

Bursectomy group

p value

N = 247 (%)

N = 159 (%)

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

11.4 ± 4.4

11.4 ± 4.4

0.850

Overall morbidity

44 (17.8)

37 (23.3)

0.179

 PPCs

19 (43.18)

15 (40.5)

 

 Pancreatic fistula

4 (9.1)

5 (13.5)

 

 Gastroparesis

5 (11.4)

3 (8.1)

 

 Intraperitoneal hemorrhage

3 (6.8)

5 (13.5)

 

 Anastomotic leakage

1 (2.3)

1 (2.7)

 

 SSIs

3 (6.8)

1 (2.7)

 

 Intraperitoneal infection

5 (11.4)

6 (16.2)

 

 Postoperative ileus

3 (6.8)

1 (2.7)

 

 Acute myocardial infarction

1 (2.3)

0 (0)

 

 Postoperative mortality

   

Classification of complicationsa

 

0.759

 Grade I

21 (47.7)

16 (43.2)

 

 Grade II

19 (43.2)

16 (43.2)

 

 Grade III

2 (4.5)

3 (8.1)

 

 Grade IV

1 (2.3)

2 (5.4)

 

 Grade V

1 (2.3)

0 (0)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PPCs postoperative pulmonary complications, SSIs, surgical site infections
  2. aThe Clavien–Dindo classification of surgical complications