Table 3.

Postoperative course in patients undergoing gastrectomy

	<70 years (n=534)	≥70 years (n=163)	P value
Overall complications n (%)	57 (10.7%)	33 (20.2%)	0.002
Major complications n	19	15	0.007
Pulmonary embolism	3	4
Anastomosis leakage	10	8
Intra-abdominal bleeding	3	2
Intra-abdominal abscess	3	1
Minor complications n	38	18	0.147
Wound infection	11	6
Ileus	16	7
Urinary tract infection	6	3
Atelectasis	5	2
Mortality			0.000
30 day	1	2
90 day	3	6