Table 3.
The postoperative 30-day complications between the clockwise modularized laparoscopic group and open gastrectomy group
| Characteristics | Before Matching (N = 551) | After Matching (N = 212) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CML Group | OG Group | P value | CML Group | OG Group | P value | ||
| N = 109 (%) | N = 442 (%) | N = 106 (%) | N = 106 (%) | ||||
| Postoperative Stay | Days | 8 (7–9) | 9 (8–11) | < 0.001 | 8 (7–9) | 8 (7–9) | 0.452 |
| Postoperative Complications | Yes | 22 (20.2) | 93 (21.0) | 0.948 | 21 (19.8) | 17 (16.0) | 0.591 |
| Clavien-Dindo Classification | Grade 1 | 18 (81.8) | 81 (87.1) | 0.474 | 18 (28.6) | 16 (94.1) | 0.697 |
| Grade 2 | 1 (4.5) | 7 (7.5) | 1 ( 1.6) | 1 ( 5.9) | |||
| Grade 3 | 2 (9.2) | 3 (3.2) | 1 ( 1.6) | 0 ( 0.0) | |||
| Grade 4 | 1 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 1 ( 1.6) | 0 ( 0.0) | |||
| Grade 5 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Details of Complications | PPCs | 20 (90.9) | 76 (81.6) | 19 (17.9) | 16 (15.1) | ||
| Intraperitoneal Abscess | 1 (4.5) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (0.9) | 0 | |||
| Anastomotic fistula | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gastroparesis | 0 | 5 (5.4) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ileus | 1 (4.5) | 3 (3.2) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | |||
| Intraperitoneal hemorrhage | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pancreatic fistula | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | |||
CML clockwise modularized laparoscopic lymphadenectomy; OG open gastrectomy PPCs postoperative pulmonary complications