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Table 2.

Surgical techniques of included studies comparing IEJ and EEJ after laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Study	Surgical type	Tumor stage (I/II/III/IV, n)	Extent of LND (D1+/D2, n)	EEJ incision length (cm)	IEJ technique
Chen et al.[19]	TLTG	53/27/28/0	0/108	NA	Multiple
Chen et al.[19]	LATG	82/27/36/0	0/145	NA	Multiple
Cui et al.[25]	TLTG	NA	0/16	10	Linear staple side to side
Cui et al.[25]	LATG	NA	0/47	10	Linear staple side to side
Ito et al.[20]	TLTG	79/24/12/2	89/28	NA	OrVil™
Ito et al.[20]	LATG	35/5/5/1	35/9	NA	OrVil™
Jung et al.[21]	TLTG	25/6/9/0	18/22	5–7	OrVil™
Jung et al.[21]	LATG	19/11/17/0	1/46	5–7	OrVil™
Kim EY et al.[22]	TLTG	25/1/1/0	25/2	7	Linear staple side-to-side
Kim EY et al.[22]	LATG	12/6/10/1	21/8	7	Linear staple side-to-side
Kim HS et al.[23]	TLTG	NA	NA	4–5	Linear staple side-to-side
Kim HS et al.[23]	LATG	NA	NA	4–5	Linear staple side-to-side
Lu et al.[24]	TLTG	0/5/17/3	8/17	4–6	OrVil™
Lu et al.[24]	LATG	4/5/15/1	10/15	4–6	OrVil™

LND: Lymph node dissection; EEJ: Extracorporeal esophagojejunostomy; IEJ: Intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy; LATG: Laparoscopy-assisted laparoscopic gastrectomy; NA: Not available.