Table 4.

Surgical outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy according to TNM tumor stage

Outcomes	TNM II (n = 58)	TNM III (n = 43)	P value
Operating time, mean, min ± SD	296.7 ± 59.8	298.4 ± 55.8	0.888
EBL, mean, ml ± SD	120.5 ± 55.1	147.2 ± 43.9	0.010*
Retrieval lymph nodes, mean, n ± SD	31.0 ± 7.0	37.2 ± 5.4	<0.001*
Hospital stay, mean, days ± SD	9.9 ± 1.5	11.1 ± 2.3	<0.001*
First flatus time, mean, days ± SD	2.8 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 0.6	0.774
Diet start time, mean, days ± SD	3.8 ± 0.7	3.8 ± 0.6	0.774
Morbidity, n (%)	8 (13.8%)	14 (32.6%)	0.024*
Mortality, n (%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0.426

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).

*Statistically significant.