Gastric Cancer in the Young: Is It a Different Clinical Entity? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 4

Postoperative morbidity and related death.

Complications	<50 years (20)		≥50 years (112)		𝑃
	Morbidity	Mortality	Morbidity	Mortality
Surgical
Anastomotic dehiscence	0	0	1 (0.9%)	0
Anastomotic stenosis	1 (5.0%)	0	2 (1.8%)	0
Duodenal dehiscence	0	1 (5.0%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)
Wound infection	1 (5.0%)	0	4 (3.6%)	1 (0.9%)
Bleeding	1 (5.0%)	0	2 (1.8%)	0
Gangrenous cholecystitis	0	0	0	1 (0.9%)
Pancreatitis	1 (5.0%)	0	0	0
Medical
Pulmonary embolism	0	0	0	1 (0.9%)
Pulmonary edema	0	0	3 (2.7%)	2 (1.8%)
Atelectasis	1 (5.0%)	0	6 (5.4%)	0
Pleuric effusion	2 (10.0%)	0	10 (9.0%)	0
Hepatic failure	0	0	0	1 (0.9%)
Ascites	0	0	4 (3.6%)	0
Stroke	0	0	0	1 (0.9%)
Decubitus ulcer	0	0	1 (0.9%)	0
Overall	7 (35.0%)	1 (5.0%)	34 (30.3%)	8 (7.4%)
Death by surgical complications	—	1 (5.0%)	—	3 (2.7%)	0.881
Death by medical complications	—	0	—	5 (4.5%)	0.743
Overall death	—	1 (5.0%)	—	8 (7.4%)	0.896

𝑃 values are bilateral.