Table 2.

Differences in short post-operative outcomes comparing non-resectional procedures and curative intent resections to palliative surgery

	N	Odds ratio	Confidence intervals	p value
Palliative gastrectomy versus non-resectional procedures
Overall complications	15	2.15	1.34–3.46	< 0.001
Major complications	2	3.41	1.42–8.20	0.01
Anastomotic leak	11	2.35	1.14–4.84	0.02
Peri-operative mortality	19	1.10	0.73–1.66	0.66
Palliative gastrectomy versus curative intent resection
Overall complications	17	1.46	1.18–1.79	< 0.001
Major complications	9	1.51	0.87–2.62	0.12
Anastomotic leak	13	1.01	0.56–1.85	0.98
Peri-operative mortality	29	1.89	1.34–2.65	< 0.001
Palliative gastrectomy versus non-resectional procedures (published post-2010)
Overall complications	8	1.493	1.043–2.138	< 0.001
Major complications	2	3.41	1.42–8.20	0.01
Anastomotic leak	6	2.311	0.653–8.175	0.194
Peri-operative mortality	3	0.361	0.082–1.59	0.178
Palliative gastrectomy versus curative intent resection (published post-2010)
Overall complications	6	1.536	1.013–2.328	0.043
Major complications	2	1.294	0.392–4.272	0.672
Anastomotic leak	5	0.789	0.212–2.915	0.724
Peri-operative mortality	11	1.397	0.696–2.821	0.348