Table 1.

Demographic data of the patients

Details		Billroth I	Billroth II
Number of patients		626	183
Age group (years)	≤60	355	100
	61-70	146	39
	≥71	125	44
Sex	Male	394	127
	Female	232	56
Type of resection	Radical gastrectomy	599	160
	Palliative gastrectomy	27	23
Malignancy	Primary tumor	323	83
	Lymph node metastasis	292	97
	Distant metastasis	11	3
Automatic stapler	No	403	131
Median value	Yes	221	52
	PS	15	15
	OSS	18	18

* Including recurrent gastric cancer.