Table 3.

Correlation between small-volume chylous ascites and perigastric lymph nodes metastasis (n)

	LADG		P value	LATG		P value
	SVCA	No SVCA		SVCA	No SVCA
No. 1			0.969			0.314
+	1	31		5	138
-	18	581		33	559
No. 2	/	/	/			0.896
+	/	/		8	153
-				30	544
No. 3			0.948			0.115
+	7	221		18	420
-	12	391		20	277
No. 4			0.692			0.161
+	6	168		15	201
-	13	444		23	496
No. 5			0.458			0.093
+	4	91		1	79
-	15	521		37	618
No. 6			0.353			0.837
+	4	190		6	119
-	15	422		32	578
No. 7			0.431			0.505
+	1	67		9	200
-	18	545		29	497
No. 8			0.014			0.035
+	7	96		9	285
-	12	516		29	412
No. 9			0.017			0.000
+	6	78		32	240
-	13	534		6	457
No. 10			/			0.126
+	/	/		5	167
-	/	/		33	530
No. 11			0.898			0.134
+	2	59		5	165
-	17	553		33	532
No. 12a			0.579			0.182
+	15	450		21	459
-	4	162		17	238

LADG: Laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy; SVCA: Small-volume chylous ascites; +: Positive; -: Negative.