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Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of included studies comparing IEJ and EEJ after laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Study	Country	Period	Surgical type	Sample size, n	Mean age (years)	Gender (male/female, n)	Mean BMI (kg/m²)
Chen et al.[19]	China	2006–2015	TLTG	108	59.4	73/35	23.5
Chen et al.[19]	China	2006–2015	LATG	145	57.3	98/47	23.1
Cui et al.[25]	China	2013–2014	TLTG	16	61.3	10/6	22.8
Cui et al.[25]	China	2013–2014	LATG	47	67.6	34/16	23.2
Ito et al.[20]	Japan	2001–2012	TLTG	117	NA	NA	NA
Ito et al.[20]	Japan	2001–2012	LATG	46	NA	NA	NA
Jung et al.[21]	Korea	2004–2012	TLTG	40	63.4	31/9	24.0
Jung et al.[21]	Korea	2004–2012	LATG	47	61.2	37/10	23.4
Kim EY et al.[22]	Korea	2009–2014	TLTG	27	60.8	22/5	24.0
Kim EY et al.[22]	Korea	2009–2014	LATG	29	59.3	20/9	23.3
Kim HS et al.[23]	Korea	2010–2011	TLTG	90	58.0	61/29	23.2
Kim HS et al.[23]	Korea	2010–2011	LATG	23	56.8	19/6	22.2
Lu et al.[24]	China	2011–2014	TLTG	25	59.0	22/3	22.5
Lu et al.[24]	China	2011–2014	LATG	25	58.4	21/4	22.9

BMI: Body mass index; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy; LATG: Laparoscopy-assisted laparoscopic gastrectomy; NA: Not available; EEJ: Extracorporeal esophagojejunostomy; IEJ: Intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy.