Risk Factors and Prognostic Significance of Retropancreatic Lymph Nodes in Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Table 3

Comparison of operation and complications of number 13 LNs (+) and number 13 LNs (−) groups.

	Characteristics	Number 13 LN (+)	Number 13 LNs (−)	value
		= 26 (%)	= 88 (%)
Operation methods	R0	24	85	0.320
	R1/R2	2	3
Surgical methods	Distal gastrectomy	12	61	0.079
	Proximal gastrectomy	3	8
	Total gastrectomy	11	19
Lymph node situation	Positive LNs	15.0 ± 13.0	5.5 ± 7.2	<0.001
	Harvested LNs	23.4 ± 13.3	27.1 ± 11.6	0.170
Operation time (min)	Mean ± SD	248.5 ± 72.0	241.6 ± 58.9	0.639
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	Mean ± SD	208.1 ± 99.8	159.1 ± 70.0	0.032
Perioperative blood transfusion	Yes	14 (53.8)	42 (47.7)	0.583
	No	12 (46.2)	46 (52.3)
Postoperative complications	Yes	5 (19.2)	13 (14.8)	0.584
	No	21 (80.8)	75 (85.2)
Postoperative hospital stay (days)	Mean ± SD	15.4 ± 13.2	10.6 ± 5.6	0.081

LNs: lymph nodes.
SD: standard deviation.