Table 3.
Distribution of GC patients operated on by hospital volume in Italy (2018–2020)
| Hospitals with > 21 gastrectomy/year N patients = 6304 |
Hospitals with ≤ 21 gastrectomy/year N patients = 8208 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (IQR) | 73 (16) | 75 (14) | < 0.001 |
| Age—years (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| < 70 | 38.7 | 30.6 | |
| 70–80 | 39.9 | 42.0 | |
| > 80 | 21.4 | 27.5 | |
| Gender (%) | 0.475 | ||
| Male | 58.5 | 57.9 | |
| Female | 41.5 | 42.1 | |
| Tumour location (%) | 0.191 | ||
| Antrum and pylorus | 24.4 | 25.4 | |
| Fundus, corpus and other locations of the stomach | 75.6 | 74.6 | |
| Type of surgery (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Partial gastrectomy | 64.9 | 71.1 | |
| Total gastrectomy | 35.1 | 28.9 | |
| Surgical approach (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Laparoscopy | 26.1 | 20.5 | |
| Open | 72.6 | 78.0 | |
| Conversion to open surgery | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
| Lenght of hospital stay—days (IQR) | 9 (6) | 11 (7) | < 0.001 |
| 90-day mortality (%) | 7.9 | 11.8 | < 0.001 |
| 30-day mortality (%) | 3.8 | 6.3 | < 0.001 |
| In-hospital mortality (%) | 3.8 | 5.9 | < 0.001 |
| Mobility outside region of origin for treatment (%) | 14.9 | 5.4 | < 0.001 |