Table 5.

Mortality and complication rates in patients with cardiac cancer of the remnant stomach and primary cardiac cancer

Variables	Primary cardiac cancer of remnant stomach ( n  = 48)	Primary cardiac cancer ( n  = 96)	P value
Mortality	0	0	1.000
Overall complication	10 (20.8)	11 (11.5)	0.138
Surgical complication	5 (10.4)	5 (6.7)	0.255
Anastomotic leak	1 (2.1)	2 (2.1)
Subdiaphragmatic abscess	0	1 (1.0)
Anastomotic stricture	2 (4.2)	1 (1.0)
Abdominal abscess	2 (4.2)	1 (1.0)
Non-surgical complication	5 (10.4)	6 (6.3)	0.380
Pneumonia	2 (4.2)	3 (3.1)
Cardiac	0	1 (1.0)
Abnormal liver function	2 (4.2)	1 (1.0)
Other infection	1 (2.1)	2 (2.1)

*Analysis of variance. P < 0.05 is significant.