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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the 102 patients

From: Efficacy of prophylactic splenectomy for proximal advanced gastric cancer invading greater curvature

 

Splenectomy

(n = 63)

Spleen preservation

(n = 45)

p value

Clinical findings

 Age, median (range)

64.0 (40–87)

65.6 (20–89)

0.416

 Sex

  

0.135

  Male

39

34

 

  Female

24

11

 

 Depth of invasion

  

0.769

  cT2

29

22

 

  cT3–4

34

23

 

 Clinical N factor

  

0.625

  cN(−)

31

20

 

  cN(+)

32

25

 

 Borrmann macroscopic type

  

0.196

  Type 1 or 2

18

8

 

  Type 3, 4, or 5

45

37

 

 Histopathological type

  

0.406

  Intestinal

23

20

 

  Diffuse

40

25

 

Operative findings

 Operative duration (min)

297

277

0.660

 

(165–440)

(140–504)

 

 Blood loss (ml)

538

450

0.016

 

(152–1900)

(10–1052)

 

 Curability

  

0.973

  Cur A

24

17

 

  Cur B

39

28

 

Pathological findings

 Lymphatic invasion

  

0.512

  Negative

16

9

 

  Positive

47

36

 

 Venous invasion

  

0.267

  Negative

10

11

 

  Positive

53

34

 

 Lymph node metastasis

  

0.746

  pN0

23

16

 

  pN1

13

12

 

  pN2,3

27

17

 

 Pathological stage

  

0.165

  p stage I

9

2

 

  p stage II

18

21

 

  p stage III

36

22

 

Postoperative chemotherapy

  

0.388

  Yes

49

38

 

  No

14

7