Table 5.

Postoperative complications in patients who underwent laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy and totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy n (%)

	LATG, n = 266	TLTG, n = 421
Bleeding	4 (1.50)	8 (1.90)
EJ leakage	15 (5.64)	15 (3.56)
EJ stricture	3 (1.13)	2 (0.48)
Intraabdominal fluid collection	8 (3.01)	26 (6.18)
Internal hernia	5 (1.88)	12 (2.85)
Mechanical ileus	10 (3.76)	28 (6.65)
Paralytic ileus	3 (1.13)	7 (1.66)
Wound infection	18 (6.77)	9 (2.14)
Other surgical complications	4 (1.50)	8 (1.90)
Medical complications	4 (1.50)	2 (0.48)

EJ: Esophagojejunostomy; LATG: Laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy.