Table 3.

Intraoperative blood loss, number of units of blood transfused and duration of surgery and hospital stay

Parameter	D1 gastrectomy mean ± S.D.(range)	D2 gastrectomy mean ± S.D.( Range)	p value
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	417.7 ± 305.0 (200–2000)	363.9 ± 113.5 (200–600)	0.475
Units of blood transfused (Intraoperative)	0.74 ± 0.71 (1–3)	0.56 ± 0.61 (0–2)	0.368
Duration of surgery (hours)	4.00 ± 0.71 (2.5–5.5)	3.81 ± 1.13 ( 2–6.5)	0.448
Postoperative stay(days)	14.8 ± 9.7 (8–50)	16.7 ± 6.8 (9–35)	0.456
Total duration of stay(days)	25.8 ± 11.4 (11–54)	25.7 ± 9.4 (14–43)	0.974