Application of Half-Transected and Self-Pulling Esophagojejunostomy in Total Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Safe and Feasible Technique

Table 1

Comparison of general data of gastric cancer patients in the half-transected and self-pulling group (HTSP group) and the traditional anastomosis group (overlap or FETE group).

Groups	Number	Age (years, medain (range))	Male (number (%))	BMI (kg/m^2,±s）	Tumor location (%)
					Upper part		Middle part
HTSP	42	63.0 (17∼80)	33 (78.5)	21.4 ± 2.3	19 (45.2)		23 (54.7)
Overlap or FETE	50	61.5 (38∼83)	40 (80.0)	21.2 ± 2.2	21 (42.0)		29 (58.0)
Statistic value		U = 930.0	X^2 = 0.168	t = 0.478	X^2 = 0.097
value		0.349	0.866	0.643	0.755
Groups	Tumor size (cm)	Clinical staging (number (%))				T staging (number (%))
		I	II	IIIA-B	IIIA-B	T1	T2	T3	T4
HTSP	2.74 ± 1.6	8 (19.0)	12 (28.6)	19 (45.2)	3 (7.1)	4 (9.5)	6 (14.2)	5 (11.9)	27 (64.3)
Overlap or FETE	3.02 ± 1.8	9 (18.0)	14 (28.0)	22 (44.0)	5 (10.0)	7 (14.0)	4 (8.0)	2 (4.0)	37 (74.0)
value	0.428	0.971				0.334
Groups	N staging (number (%))				Pathological staging (number (%))
	N0	N1	N2	N3	I	II	IIIA-B	IIIC
HTSP	18 (42.9)	6 (14.3)	9 (21.4)	9 (21.4)	10 (23.8)	8 (19.0)	16 (38.1)	8 (19.0)
Overlap or FETE	17 (34.0)	6 (12.0)	6 (12.0)	21 (42.0)	8 (16.0)	9(18.0)	13 (26.0)	20 (40.0)
value	0.190				0.166