Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Non systemic lavage group (n = 12) | Systemic lavage + balloon occlusion group (n = 10) | P value | |
| Age (yr), (range) (mean ± SD) | 52-78 (69.7 ± 8.8) | 48-76 (66.3 ± 9.2) | 0.3261 |
| Sex; Male/Female | 3/9 | 2/8 | 0.6992 |
| Location; U/M/L | 6/5/1 | 5/5/0 | 0.1662 |
| Operation time (min) | 128-249 (146.3 ± 83.8) | 112-216 (131.6 ± 63.6) | 0.0871 |
| Resected specimen (mm) | 28-43 (38.7 ± 14.0) | 26-40 (32.9 ± 16.3) | 0.7931 |
| Hospitalization duration (d) | 10 (7-13) | 9 (8-12 ) | 0.8241 |
1
Unpaired t-test;
2
χ2 test. SD: Standard deviation; U: Upper region of the stomach; M: Middle region of the stomach; L: Lower region of the stomach.