Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients
| Characteristic | Proximal gastrectomy with jejunal interposition (n = 35) | Total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis (n = 41) | P value |
| Age (yr) | 57.26 ± 9.71 | 56.19 ± 11.42 | 0.67 |
| Gender (M/F) | 22:13 | 30:11 | 0.34 |
| Surgical duration(min) | 205.08 ± 7.60 | 152.73 ± 7.16 | 0.00 |
| Lymph nodes dissected | 29.80 ± 3.85 | 31.12 ± 4.40 | 0.16 |
| Anastomosis leakage | 0 | 0 | |
| Surgical site infection | 0 | 0 | |
| Postoperative hemorrhage | 0 | 0 | |
| Hospital stay (d) | 17.31 ± 1.39 | 16.39 ± 1.22 | 0.003 |
| Histological grade (n) | 0.45 | ||
| G1/G2 (differentiated) | 14 | 13 | |
| G3/G4 (undifferentiated) | 21 | 28 | |
| Pathological T factor | 0.92 | ||
| pT1 | 10 | 14 | |
| pT2 | 7 | 6 | |
| pT3 | 17 | 20 | |
| pT4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pathological N factor | 0.45 | ||
| pN0 | 28 | 32 | |
| pN1 | 6 | 9 | |
| pN2 | 1 | 0 | |
| pN3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pathological stage | 0.55 | ||
| IA | 10 | 14 | |
| IB | 3 | 1 | |
| IIA/IIB | 20 | 25 | |
| IIIA | 2 | 1 | |