Table 2:

Extent of Resection

Author	Year	Design	N	Groups	Superior Group	Metric	Global Advantage	Symptom Advantage
Total versus Partial
Jentschura (51)	1997	Cohort	195	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	GILQI	ND	Weight gain, diet restrict, bowel function
Svedlund (61)	1997	RCT	64	Subtotal Subtotal (S-pouch) Total	Subtotal	Other		Diarrhea (GSRS)
Davies (59)	1998	Cohort	47	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	GIQLI	GIQLI	Rotterdam sx score GIQLI
Huang (52)	2007	Cross-section	51	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	EORTC-C30 STO22	ND	Role function Nausea, appetite
Nakamura (53)	2011	Cross-section	165	Distal Total	Distal	DAUGS32	ND	Pain, dysphagia, diarrhea
Munene (60)	2012	Cohort	43	Distal Total	Distal	FACT-Ga Karnovsky	Karnovsky	No difference in FACT-Ga
Karanicolas (38)	2013	Cohort	134	Proximal Distal Total	Distal/Total	EORTC-C30 STO22	Global	Reflux, nausea
Rausei (54)	2013	Cross-section	103	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	EORTC-C30 STO22	ND	Appetite, nausea, diarrhea, anxiety, weight gain, pain, belching
Park (55)	2014	Cohort	275	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	EORTC-C30 STO22	Global	Physical functioning Nausea, dysphagia, reflux, diet restrict, dry mouth
Nakada(56)	2016	Cross-section	1777	Distal Total	Distal	PGSAS-45	Daily satisfaction	Diet restrict, weight gain Post-gastrectomy symptoms
Lee (57)	2016	Cross-section	178	Subtotal Total	Subtotal	EORTC-C30 STO22	ND	Social functioning Nausea Eating restriction Taste
Takahashi (58)	2017	Cross-section	868	Distal Total	Distal	PGSAS-45	Daily satisfaction	Number of meals, weight gain Post-gastrectomy symptoms
Total versus Proximal
Yoo (88)	2005	RCT	51	Proximal (J-pouch) Total	Proximal (J-pouch)	Symptoms		Post-gastrectomy symptoms Weight gain
Yoo (64)	2004	Cohort	259	Proximal Total	Total	Endoscopy		Stricture Reflux esophagitis
Rosa (63)	2018	Cross-section	150	Proximal Total	Total	Endoscopy		Stricture Reflux esophagitis
Lymphadenectomy
Wu (9)	2008	RCT	221	D1 D3	ND	Spitzer index Symptoms	ND	ND

ND = No difference