Table 3.

Postoperative complications in the NACT-LG and LG groups.

	NACT-LG (n = 41)	LG (n = 35)	P
Grade I	0 (0)	0 (0)	NA
Grade II	9 (22.0)	10 (28.5)	0.680
Transfusion	2 (4.9)	2 (5.7)
Pulmonary infection	2 (4.9)	3 (8.6)
Intra-abdominal infection	4 (9.8)	5 (14.2)
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage	1 (2.4)	0 (0)
Grade III/IV/V	0 (0)	6 (17.1)	0.001
Anastomotic leakage	0 (0)	3 (8.6)
Pulmonary infection	0 (0)	2 (5.7)
Respiratory failure	0 (0)	1 (2.9)

Fisher’s exact test was used as an alternative to Chi-square test when the number in one of the cells is smaller than 5.

NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy, LG laparascopic gastrectomy, NA not applicable.