Table 1.
Clinicopathologic characteristics according to anastomosis type
| |
|
Group I |
Group II |
P- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 47) | (n = 40) | value | ||
| Agea |
|
61.2 ± 12.1 |
63.4 ± 12.1 |
0.399 |
| Gender (male:female) |
|
37:10 |
31:9 |
0.891 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
|
23.4 ± 4.3 |
24.0 ± 1 4.8 |
0.452 |
| Tumor location |
E-G Junction |
2 (4.3) |
0 (0) |
0.012 |
| Cardia |
21 (44.7) |
32 (80) |
||
| High body |
19 (40.4) |
6 (15) |
||
| Whole |
5 (10.7) |
2 (5) |
||
| Stage (UICC 7th) |
Ia |
14 (28.9) |
18 (45) |
0.404 |
| Ib |
5 (10.6) |
7 (17.5) |
||
| IIa |
7 (14.9) |
4 (10) |
||
| IIb |
4 (8.5) |
2 (5) |
||
| IIIa |
5 (10.6) |
3 (7.5) |
||
| IIIb |
12 (25.5) |
5 (12.5) |
||
| IIIc |
0 (0) |
1 (2.5) |
||
| Depth of invasion |
T1a |
3 (6.4) |
12 (30) |
0.060 |
| T1b |
11 (23.4) |
8 (20) |
||
| T2 |
8 (17) |
6 (15) |
||
| T3 |
13 (27.7) |
6 (15) |
||
| T4a |
12 (25.5) |
8 (20) |
||
| Lymph node metastasis |
0 |
27 (57.4) |
29 (72.5) |
0.290 |
| 1 |
2 (4.3) |
3 (7.5) |
||
| 2 |
5 (10.6) |
4 (10) |
||
| 3a |
4 (8.5) |
2 (5) |
||
| 3b |
9 (19.1) |
2 (5) |
||
| Tumor size (cm)a |
|
5.3 ± 3.6 |
4.5 ± 3.2 |
0.323 |
| Retrieved nodes (number)a |
|
36.6 ± 17.8 |
41.1 ± 18.4 |
0.117 |
| Metastatic nodes (number)a |
|
6.6 ± 11.4 |
2.3 ± 6.1 |
0.029 |
| Proximal resected margin (cm)a |
|
2.8 ± 1.1 |
2.5 ± 1.7 |
0.328 |
| Extent of dissection |
D1+ |
1 (2.1) |
18 (45) |
<0.001 |
| D2 |
47 (97.9) |
22 (55) |
||
| Combined resection | Spleen |
3 (6.5) |
5 (12.5) |
0.277 |
| Gallbladder | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
aContinuous variables are expressed as the mean ± SD. Other variables are expressed as number of cases (percentage). E-G, esophagogastric junction; UICC, Union for International Cancer Control.