Table 4. The effect of various NACT regimens on surgery.

Item	Estimated blood loss		The number of removed lymph nodes		Operation time
	Average(mL)	P	The number	P	Average(min)	P
Regime (n = 67)a		0.683		0.791		0.025
Single agent (DDP)	1116 ± 834		29.9 ± 11.4		219 ± 28
Combine chemotherapy	1029 ± 699	0.675	29.1 ± 11.6	0.919	255 ± 60	0.595
BIP regimen	1050 ± 740		29.0 ± 11.2		257 ± 57
Non-BIP regimens	945 ± 521		29.4 ± 13.7		246 ± 74
Cycle (n = 68)		0.830		0.127		0.853
1	1078 ± 871		29.3 ± 12.5		249 ± 56
2	1010 ± 489		28.3 ± 8.6		246 ± 58
≥3	1267 ± 115		42.7 ± 16.9		230 ± 66
Intervention (n = 67)a	1028 ± 796	0.850	29.7 ± 12.7	0.823	267 ± 62	0.024
Vein	1063 ± 694		29.0 ± 10.8		235 ± 49
Artery	864 ± 492	0.207	28.4 ± 12.5	0.724	219 ± 44	0.014
Embolism	1118 ± 791		29.6 ± 11.2		257 ± 57
No embolism

BIP regimen, DDP + bleomycin + ifosfamide. Other footnotes as provided in Table 3.