Table 3. Surgical Outcomes.
Variable | All | Tumor regression | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
<One-third | ≥One-third | |||
No. of patients | 38 | 12 | 26 | NA |
Bleeding, median (range), mL | 100 (10-600) | 80 (20-300) | 60 (10-200) | .04 |
Lymph node harvested, median (range) | 39 (19-67) | 32 (19-51) | 40 (24-67) | .04 |
Time to food intake, median (range), d | 4 (2-10) | 4 (2-10) | 4 (2-8) | .35 |
Postoperative hospital stay, median (range), d | 10 (5-28) | 10 (6-18) | 10 (5-28) | .51 |
Surgical complications, No. (%) | ||||
Total | 7 (18.4) | 2 (16.7) | 5 (19.2) | .62 |
Postoperative bleeding | 1 (2.6) | 1 (8.3) | 0 | |
Abdominal infection | 1 (2.6) | 0 | 1 (3.8) | |
Pneumonia | 4 (10.5) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (11.5) | |
Ileus | 1 (2.6) | 0 | 1 (3.8) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.