Table 1.

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the study population.

Characteristics	Patients (n = 40)
Mean Age (Range)	63.2 years (Range: 32–84)
Gender Male Female	n = 31 (77.5%) n = 9 (22.5%)
Mean BMI	27.5 kg/m2 (Range: 23–49)
ASA score I II III IV	n = 5 (12.5%) n = 20 (50%) n = 12 (30%) n = 3 (7.5%)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	n = 30 (75%)
Adjuvant chemotherapy	n = 26 (65%)
Primary Tumor Location Stomach Esophago-gastric junction (Siewert type III)	n = 25 (62.5%) n = 15 (37.5%)

BMI = Body Mass Index, ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.