Comparison of short-term and long-term clinical effects of modified overlap anastomosis and conventional incision-assisted anastomosis in laparoscopic total gastrectomy

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics

	Modified overlap anastomosis	Conventional incision-assisted anastomosis	P value
Number	78	164
Sex			0.153
Male	48	116
Femal	30	48
Age (x ± s, years)	65 (28–83)	63 (27–83)	0.052
BMI (M (range), kg/m²)	22.082 (14.447–29.745)	22.020 (14.191–35.853)	0.820
Preoperative albumin (x ± s, g)	39.336 ± 4.320	38.479 ± 5.849	0.202
Maximum tumor diameter (M (range),, cm)	4 (0.9–11)	4.589 (0.5–9)	0.051
Histological grade			0.311
Poor	35	87
Moderately	34	66
Well	9	11
Tumor stage
T stage			0.106
T1	11	13
T2	12	13
T3	31	77
T4	24	61
N stage			0.743
N0	30	53
N1	11	21
N2	13	30
N3	24	60

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