Table 2 Clinicopathologic features according to whether vagotomy was performed or the reason for palliative surgery
Variables | Description | PGJ (n = 46) | PGJV (n = 38) | P value | LUGC (n = 22) | GCDM (n = 62) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 65 | 19 (41.3) | 19 (50.0) | 0.425 | 8 (36.4) | 30 (48.4) | 0.330 |
≥ 65 | 27 (58.7) | 19 (50.0) | 14 (63.6) | 32 (51.6) | |||
Sex | Female | 35 (76.1) | 30 (78.9) | 0.755 | 17 (77.3) | 48 (77.4) | 0.989 |
Male | 11 (23.9) | 8 (21.1) | 5 (22.7) | 14 (22.6) | |||
Palliative chemotherapy | Not done | 16 (34.8) | 10 (26.3) | 0.403 | 9 (40.9) | 17 (27.4) | 0.240 |
Done | 30 (65.2) | 28 (73.7) | 13 (59.1) | 45 (72.6) | |||
Histologic type | Adenocarcinoma | 38 (82.6) | 28 (73.7) | 0.321 | 17 (77.3) | 49 (79.0) | 0.863 |
Poorly cohesive | 8 (17.4) | 10 (26.3) | 5 (22.7) | 13 (21.0) | |||
Albumin | < 3.5 g/dL | 31 (67.4) | 21 (55.3) | 0.255 | 13 (59.1) | 39 (62.9) | 0.752 |
≥ 3.5 g/dL | 15 (32.6) | 17 (44.7) | 9 (40.9) | 23 (37.1) | |||
Comorbidity | < 3 | 40 (87.0) | 33 (86.8) | 0.988 | 19 (86.4) | 54 (87.1) | 0.930 |
≥ 3 | 6 (13.0) | 5 (13.2) | 3 (13.6) | 8 (12.9) | |||
Approach method | Open | 25 (54.3) | 20 (52.6) | 0.875 | 13 (59.1) | 32 (51.6) | 0.546 |
Laparoscopy | 21 (45.7) | 18 (47.4) | 9 (40.9) | 30 (48.4) | |||
Vagotomy | None | 12 (54.5) | 34 (54.8) | 0.981 | |||
Positive | 10 (45.5) | 28 (45.2) | |||||
Reason for gastrojejunostomy | LUGC | 34 (73.9) | 28 (73.7) | 0.981 | |||
GCDM | 12 (26.1) | 10 (26.3) |