Table 2 Surgical outcomes and complications of the patients

 Operative time (minutes)

178.25 ± 15.41

196.5 ± 21.16

0.03

 Blood loss (ml)

100 (50–400)

105 (50–800)

0.640

 Number of harvested lymph nodes (n)

20.45 ± 2.42

24.65 ± 2.96

<  0.01

 Postoperative hospital stay (days)

12.5 (9–40)

12 (8–45)

0.947

 Time for digestive tract reconstruction

19.3 ± 2.53

34.65 ± 4.88

<  0.01

Early postoperative complications

2

4

0.658

 Anastomotic leakage

0

1

 Anastomotic bleeding

0

0

 Abdominal abscess

0

0

 Pancreatic fistula

0

0

 Intra-abdominal infection

0

1

 Small bowel obstruction

0

0

 Pneumonia

1

0

 Surgical site infection

0

2

 Delayed gastric emptying

1

0

Late postoperative complications

5

3

0.405

 Anastomotic stricture

1

0

 Anastomotic ulcer

4

3

 Internal hernia

0

0

 Cholecystitis

0

0