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Table 3 Intraoperative and postoperative indicators of the study patients

From: Effects of duodenal transection timing on clinical short-term outcomes of patients with laparoscopic spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymphadenectomy for advanced proximal gastric cancer

Variables

BMI ≥ 24 (kg/m2)

P value

BMI < 24(kg/m2)

P value

CG (n = 18)

EG (n = 23)

CG (n = 39)

EG (n = 47)

SLNs dissection time (min)

33.28 ± 4.0

27.58 ± 3.1

0.000

29.87 ± 3.8

25.21 ± 2.9

0.000

Operation time (min)

247.56 ± 21.9

232.88 ± 18.4

0.023

230.79 ± 17.5

219.74 ± 17.0

0.004

Intraoperative injury (n)

7

3

0.047

13

7

0.044

SLNs dissection blood loss (ml)

29.83 ± 5.2

25.13 ± 5.8

0.010

25.67 ± 4.1

21.06 ± 3.8

0.000

Mean retrieved No.10 LNs

2.50 ± 1.1

3.25 ± 1.2

0.047

2.64 ± 1.1

2.81 ± 1.0

0.467

Mean total retrieved LNs

31.0 ± 7.9

32.3 ± 7.2

0.572

30.62 ± 7.2

31.51 ± 6.7

0.553

Time to first flatus (days)

4.28 ± 1.0

4.17 ± 0.7

0.678

3.92 ± 0.9

3.81 ± 0.7

0.503

Time to fluid diet (days)

4.83 ± 0.6

4.75 ± 0.7

0.700

4.3 ± 0.8

4.27 ± 0.9

0.559

Time to soft diet (days)

8.06 ± 0.8

7.83 ± 0.7

0.366

7.51 ± 0.8

7.30 ± 0.9

0.265

Time to drainage tube removal (days)

9.67 ± 0.9

9.54 ± 1.2

0.716

9.38 ± 0.9

9.21 ± 1.0

0.433

Postoperative complications (n)

4

4

0.769

6

7

0.950

Postoperative stay(days)

11.56 ± 1.1

10.83 ± 1.2

0.053

10.79 ± 1.1

10.36 ± 1.0

0.064

  1. Note: Intraoperative injury refers only to splenic vascular injury and spleen laceration. P values indicate comparisons between the control group and the experimental group
  2. Abbreviations: CG conventional group, EG experimental group, SLNs splenic hilar lymph nodes, n number of patients