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Table 4 Detailed characteristics of postoperative complications

From: Laparoscopic versus open surgery for locally advanced and metastatic gastric cancer complicated with bleeding and/or stenosis: short- and long-term outcomes

 

Grade (Clavien-Dindo)

Laparoscopic surgery (n = 52)

Open surgery (n = 75)

Wound infection, n (%)

I

2 (4)

4 (5)

Postoperative pancreatitis, n (%)

II

3 (6)

4 (5)

Postoperative ileus, n (%)

II

1 (2)

2 (3)

Small anastomotic leak (not requiring surgical treatment), n (%)

II

2 (4)

5 (7)

Anastomotic stricture, n (%)

IIIa

3 (6)

6 (8)

Anastomotic leak (requiring surgical treatment), n (%)

IIIb

1 (2)

3 (4)

Bleeding, n (%)

IIIb

2 (4)

3 (4)

Pulmonary embolism, n (%)

IV

1 (2)

3 (3)

Death of patient, n (%)

V

3 (6)

5 (7)