Proximal gastrectomy with gastric tube reconstruction or jejunal interposition reconstruction in upper-third gastric cancer: which offers better short-term surgical outcomes?

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients who underwent JI or GT reconstruction

Parameters	Total	JI group	GT group	P value
Cases (n)	301	150	151
Age (years)				0.032
< 60	136	77	59
≥ 60	165	73	92
Gender				0.791
Male	243	122	121
Female	58	28	30
Height (cm)	170 ± 7	171 ± 6	168 ± 7	< 0.001**
Weight (kg)	68 ± 11	67 ± 10	68 ± 12	0.433
BMI	23.66 ± 3.75	23.28 ± 3.95	24.04 ± 3.50	0.078
Hospital stay (day)	23 ± 3	21 ± 1	25 ± 5	< 0.001**
Operating time (min)	201 ± 54	220 ± 52	182 ± 50	< 0.001**
Blood loss (ml)	162 ± 95	169 ± 84	155 ± 104	0.200
Tumor size (cm)				0.778
< 5	179	88	91
≥ 5	122	62	60
ABO blood type				0.745
A	78	44	34
B	105	51	54
O	91	42	49
AB	27	13	14
Pathological TNM classification
T stage				< 0.001**
T1	34	14	20
T2	46	21	25
T3	96	28	68
T4	125	87	38
N stage				< 0.05*
N0	141	69	72
N1	64	26	38
N2	57	38	19
N3	39	17	22
TNM stage				0.093
I	65	27	38
II	119	56	63
III	117	67	50
Lauren Classification				0.144
Diffuse type	18	5	13
Intestinal type	208	108	100
Mixed type	75	37	38
Differentiation				< 0.05*
Poorly differentiated	126	73	53
Moderately differentiated	143	65	78
Well differentiated	32	12	20
Vessel invasion				0.867
Positive	166	82	84
Negative	135	68	67
Nerve invasion				0.001*
Positive	204	115	89
Negative	97	35	62
Pathology				< 0.001**
Adenocarcinoma	211	119	92
Mucinous carcinoma	62	15	47
Signet ring cell carcinoma	18	12	6
Others	10	4	6
Total lymph nodes				< 0.001**
< 20	168	109	59
≥ 20	133	41	92
Positive lymph nodes				< 0.001**
< 3	154	95	59
≥ 3	147	55	92

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