Table 3.
Perioperative outcomes
| Author, year | Group | Operation time (min) | Intraoperative blood loss (mL) | No. of resected lymph nodes(n) | Time to first flatus (d) | Time to first oral intake(d) | Hospital stay(d) | Analgesics use (times) | Postoperative complications (%) | In-hospitalMortality (%) |
| Dulucq et al[28], 2005 | LTG | 183 ± 48 | 81 ± 107 | 24 ± 12 | 3.6 ± 1.2 | NA | 16.9 ± 3 | NA | 0 | 0 |
| OTG | 165 ± 60 | 125 ± 95 | 20 ± 8 | 4.7 ± 1.2 | NA | 24 ± 9 | NA | 18 | 9 | |
| Usui et al[9], 2005 | LTG | 280.1 ± 45.2 | 227.5 ± 148.1 | 28.0 ± 15.1 | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 5.7 ± 2.1 | 15.5 ± 3.9 | 2.1 ± 1.3 | NA | NA |
| OTG | 266.4 ± 48.2 | 393.1 ± 173.6 | 28.9 ± 14.3 | 4.2 ± 1.4 | 8.8 ± 1.3 | 23.2 ± 4.6 | 3.4 ± 4.4 | NA | NA | |
| Kim et al[34], 2008 | LTG | 527.5 ± 95.7 | NA | 27.2 ± 15.7 | 3.6 ± 0.9 | NA | 16.2 ± 7.1 | NA | 7.4 | 0 |
| OTG | 320.9 ± 75.8 | NA | 37.2 ± 15.7 | 4.1 ± 1.3 | NA | 16.0 ± 9.3 | NA | 24.2 | 0 | |
| Mochiki et al[15], 2008 | LTG | 254 ± 10 | 299 ± 50 | 26 ± 3 | NA | NA | 19 ± 3 | NA | 25 | 0 |
| OTG | 248 ± 12 | 758 ± 78 | 35 ± 4 | NA | NA | 29 ± 3 | NA | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Topal et al[14], 2008 | LTG | 187 ± 60 | 10.0 ± 98.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 39.5 | 2.6 |
| OTG | 152.5 ± 25 | 450.0 ± 337.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 40.9 | 4.5 | |
| Kawamura et al[30], 2009 | LTG | 291.9 ± 59.4 | 54.9 ± 45.3 | 48.5 ± 16.3 | 4.1 ± 1.0 | NA | 15.5 ± 3.3 | 6.9 ± 5.6 | 8.7 | 0 |
| OTG | 272.1 ± 76.8 | 304.3 ± 237.3 | 47.1 ± 21.5 | 4.3 ± 1.3 | NA | 18.8 ± 6.3 | 4.0 ± 3.2 | 22.9 | 0 | |
| Sakuramoto et al[16], 2009 | LTG | 313 ± 81 | 134 ± 98 | 43.2 ± 17.2 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | 4.9 ± 1.1 | 13.5 ± 2.7 | 6.8 ± 6.4 | 16.7 | 0 |
| OTG | 218 ± 53 | 407 ± 270 | 51.2 ± 22.1 | 3.3 ± 1.0 | 6.0 ± 2.1 | 18.2 ± 9.6 | 11.8 ± 11.0 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Du et al[27], 2010 | LTG | 275 ± 78 | 156 ± 112 | 34.2 ± 13.5 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | NA | NA | 9.8 | 0 |
| OTG | 212 ± 51 | 339 ± 162 | 36.4 ± 19.1 | 5.3 ± 1.3 | 5.3 ± 1.3 | NA | NA | 24.5 | 2.1 | |
| Kim et al[33], 2011 | LTG | 150.8 ± 31.2 | 179.7 ± 123.8 | 38.7 ± 15.7 | 3.3 ± 0.7 | 4.3 ± 1.7 | 8.1 ± 3.8 | 5.3 ± 4.9 | 12.7 | 0 |
| OTG | 131.2 ± 21.6 | 272.7 ± 209.6 | 35.6 ± 13.1 | 3.8 ± 0.8 | 5.6 ± 4.4 | 9.6 ± 5.3 | 3.6 ± 3.9 | 18.9 | 0 | |
| Eom et al[10], 2012 | LTG | 283.7 ± 84.1 | NA | 48.3 ± 16.4 | NA | NA | 12.6 ± 15.5 | NA | 27 | 1 |
| OTG | 198.5 ± 59.7 | NA | 49.8 ± 18.4 | NA | NA | 14.3 ± 16.7 | NA | 23.6 | 0.9 | |
| Guan et al[17], 2012 | LTG | 235.7 ± 38.5 | 104.2 ± 42.9 | 23.1 ± 8.0 | 3 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 9.7 ± 2.2 | NA | 4.9 | 0 |
| OTG | 211.5 ± 33.2 | 355.6 ± 51.3 | 24.2 ± 7.5 | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 3.1 ± 0.5 | 13.6 ± 3.6 | NA | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Siani et al[38], 2012 | LTG | 211 ± 23 | 250 ± 150 | 35 ± 18 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | NA | 10.5 ± 1.5 | NA | 16 | 0 |
| OTG | 185 ± 19 | 495 ± 190 | 40 ± 16 | 4.1 ± 1.5 | NA | 14.5 ± 3.1 | NA | 4 | 0 | |
| Kim et al[32], 2013 | LTG | 144 ± 104.3 | NA | 37 ± 24 | 3 ± 2 | 3 ± 12.3 | 7 ± 19.3 | 3 ± 24.5 | 10 | 0 |
| OTG | 137 ± 105 | NA | 34 ± 18.8 | 4 ± 2.3 | 5 ± 10 | 8 ± 9 | 4 ± 9.3 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Jeong et al[29], 2013 | LTG | 289 ± 89 | 249 ± 204 | 42 ± 15 | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 3.9 ± 4.4 | 11.8 ± 11.8 | NA | 23.8 | 1.6 |
| OTG | 203 ± 78 | 209 ± 157 | 46 ± 17 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 3.6 ± 3.3 | 10.8 ± 7.0 | NA | 17.2 | 0.9 | |
| Lee et al[37], 2013 | LTG | 258 ± 54 | 167.3 ± 135.2 | 48.4 ± 18.4 | 4 ± 1.2 | 5 ± 1.7 | 9.3 ± 4.2 | NA | 24 | 0 |
| OTG | 198 ± 57 | 178.4 ± 107 | 54.3 ± 20.5 | 4.5 ± 1.5 | 6.1 ± 2.5 | 11.7 ± 7.3 | NA | 32 | 0 |
LTG: Laparoscopic total gastrectomy; OTG: Open total gastrectomy; NA: Not available.