Table 2 Perioperative outcomes between the LG and RAG groups

Operation time (min)

247.93 ± 54.56

324.38 ± 35.96

0.0000

Blood loss (ml)

112.93 ± 61.28

128.12 ± 51.54

0.7302

Type of resection

0.1171

 Proximal gastrectomy

11

2

–

 Distal gastrectomy

50

11

–

 Total gastrectomy

49

3

–

Histological type

0.3869

 Well/moderate

36

3

–

 Poor/undifferentiated

74

13

–

pT stage

0.5305

 pT1

59

8

–

 pT2

23

2

–

 pT3

24

6

–

 pT4

4

0

–

pN stage

0.5586

 pN0

70

8

 pN1

16

4

–

 pN2

15

2

–

 pN3

9

2

–

pSt stage

 > 0.9999

 I + II

91

13

–

 III + IV

19

3

–

Number of retrieved LN (number)

29.32 ± 10.76

30.06 ± 9.14

0.6116

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

12.52 ± 4.62

12.38 ± 3.40

0.9054

Intraoperative complication

0

0

 > 0.9999

Postoperative mortality

0

0

 > 0.9999