Table 2 Comparison of short-term clinical efficacy in the two groups

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

97.57 ± 70.02

86.93 ± 79.20

0.332

Number of cut spleen (case)

0

0

/

Operative time (min)

263.58 ± 41.47

271.60 ± 50.95

0.238

Time for splenic hilar lymph node dissection (min)

40.50 ± 9.46

47.69 ± 13.02*

0

Total number of harvested lymph nodes (pieces)

37.94 ± 15.16

47.83 ± 16.64*

0

Number of harvested positive lymph nodes (pieces)

5.04 ± 6.69

6.53 ± 8.43

0.18

Number of patients with positive splenic hilar lymph nodes

9 (8.7%)

19 (22.3%)*

0.007

Number of harvested splenic hilar lymph nodes (pieces)

3.02 ± 3.07

3.90 ± 2.52*

0.036

Number of positive splenic hilar lymph nodes (pieces)

0.25 ± 0.92

0.46 ± 1.18

0.186

Time of first anal exhaust (days)

3.02 ± 0.71

2.90 ± 0.76

0.286

Time of starting fluid diet (days)

7.40 ± 0.82

7.12 ± 1.30

0.078

Length of hospital stay after surgery (days)

13.38 ± 2.20

12.95 ± 3.03

0.268