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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 84 patients

From: Is vagotomy necessary in palliative surgery for incurable advanced gastric cancer?: a retrospective case–control study

Variables

Description

n (%) or mean ± SD

Age (year)

Total

64.6 ± 11.5

 < 65

38 (45.2)

 ≥ 65

46 (54.8)

Sex

Female

19 (22.6)

Male

65 (77.4)

Reason for gastrojejunostomy

LUGC

22 (26.2)

GCDM

62 (73.8)

Palliative chemotherapy

Not done

26 (31)

Done

58 (69)

Histologic type

Adenocarcinoma

66 (78.6)

Poorly cohesive carcinoma

18 (21.4)

Albumin

 < 3.5 g/dL

52 (61.9)

 ≥ 3.5 g/dL

32 (38.1)

Vagotomy

Not done

46 (54.8)

Done

38 (45.2)

Comorbidity

 < 3

73 (86.9)

 ≥ 3

11 (13.1)

Approach method

Open

45 (53.6)

Laparoscopy

39 (46.4)

Postoperative complication

Negative

73 (88.1)

Positive

10 (11.9)

  1. Abbreviations: LUGC Locally unresectable gastric cancer, GCDM Gastric cancer with distant metastasis