Materials and methods
Patients
Surgical technique
Infra-pyloric region
Supra-pyloric region
Supra-pancreatic region
Spleen hilar region
Supplement
Statistical analysis
Results
Variable | SD group | rEME group |
p value |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 40 | 45 | |
Age (mean ± SD) | 63.25 ± 10.62 | 62.02 ± 12.35 | 0.629 |
Gender (male/female) | (25/15) | (29/16) | 0.046 |
Longest diameter (mean ± SD) | 3.14 ± 2.31 cm | 3.34 ± 1.87 cm | 0.666 |
Depth of invasion (T1/T2/T3/T4a) | (12/8/3/17) | (16/7/3/19) | 0.981 |
Lymph node metastasis (N0/N1/N2/N3) | (22/3/6/9) | (27/6/4/8) | 0.631 |
TNM stage (I/II/III) | (19/5/16) | (19/14/12) | 0.110 |
Operation time, min (mean ± SD) | 265.63 ± 61.39 | 253.11 ± 55.52 | 0.333 |
Blood loss, ml (mean ± SD) | 146.25 ± 85.78 | 107.11 ± 60.13 | 0.019* |
Number of dissected lymph nodes, number (mean ± SD) | 31.98 ± 10.48 | 34.93 ± 13.12 | 0.261 |
Number of dissected lymph nodes in the greater curvature, number (mean ± SD) | 12.18 ± 6.55 | 13.62 ± 8.09 | 0.444 |
Number of dissected lymph nodes in the lesser curvature, number (mean ± SD) | 19.55 ± 7.40 | 17.98 ± 8.31 | 0.365 |
Postoperative hospital stays, days (mean ± SD) | 12.45 ± 6.53 | 11.44 ± 3.53 | 0.374 |
The time to first flatus, days (mean ± SD) | 3.35 ± 0.70 | 3.13 ± 0.98 | 0.244 |
The first time to get out of bed, days (mean ± SD) | 3.80 ± 2.14 | 4.35 ± 1.80 | 0.200 |
Postoperative complications | 8 (20.00%) | 7 (15.55%) | 0.592 |
Abdominal infection | 1 (2.50%) | 1 (2.22%) | 1 |
Pulmonary infection | 3 (7.50%) | 4 (8.89%) | 1 |
Anastomotic bleeding | 1 (2.50%) | 1 (2.22%) | 1 |
Anastomotic leakage | 1 (2.50%) | 1 (2.22%) | 1 |
Duodenal stump leakage | 2 (5.0%) | 0 | 0.219 |