Impact of Perioperative Blood Transfusion on Postoperative Complications and Prognosis of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Patients with Different Preoperative Hemoglobin Value
Table 1
Comparison of clinicopathological features of all transfused and nontransfused patients.
Categories
Transfused
Nontransfused
value
(%)
(%)
Age
Mean ± SD
58.4 ± 11.7
55.9 ± 11.5
0.001
Gender
Male
244 (70.7)
605 (70.8)
0.967
Female
101 (29.3)
245 (29.2)
Combined organ resection
Yes
41 (11.9)
31 (3.6)
<0.001
No
304 (88.1)
823 (96.4)
Type of gastrectomy
DG
193 (55.9)
519 (60.8)
0.055
TG
86 (24.9)
160 (18.7)
PG
66 (19.2)
175 (20.5)
Operation approach
Open surgery
325 (94.2)
725 (84.9)
<0.001
Laparoscopic assisted
20 (5.8)
129 (15.1)
Concomitant diseases
Yes
182 (52.8)
403 (47.2)
0.081
No
163 (47.2)
451 (52.8)
Longitudinal location
U
72 (20.9)
221 (25.9)
0.004
M
63 (18.3)
102 (11.9)
L
202 (58.6)
523 (61.2)
Whole
8 (2.2)
8 (1.0)
Differentiation grade
Well/moderate
48 (13.9)
171 (20.0)
0.013
Poor/undifferentiated
297 (86.1)
683 (80.0)
Macroscopic type
Types 0–2
210 (60.9)
569 (66.6)
0.058
Types 3–4
135 (39.1)
285 (33.4)
Tumor size (cm)
Mean ± SD
5.7 ± 2.6
4.6 ± 2.5
<0.001
≤4.5
120 (34.8)
461 (54.0)
<0.001
>4.5
225 (65.2)
393 (46.0)
T stage
T1
28 (8.1)
192 (22.5)
<0.001
T2
37 (10.7)
121 (14.2)
T3
14 (4.1)
44 (5.2)
T4
266 (77.1)
497 (58.1)
N stage
N0
84 (24.3)
319 (37.4)
<0.001
N1
69 (20.0)
154 (18.0)
N2
66 (19.1)
168 (19.7)
N3a
90 (26.1)
157 (18.4)
N3b
37 (10.5)
56 (6.5)
TNM stage
I/II
108 (31.3)
410 (48.0)
<0.001
III
237 (68.7)
444 (52.0)
Operation time (min)
Mean ± SD
241.0 ± 61.9
232.8 ± 49.9
0.169
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)
Mean ± SD
528.7 ± 282.2
414.2 ± 194.3
<0.001
Postoperative complications
Stomach without tension
2 (0.6)
19 (2.2)
0.002
Wound infection
7 (2.0)
10 (1.2)
Anastomotic leakage
8 (2.3)
6 (0.7)
Bleeding
9 (2.6)
3 (0.4)
Pulmonary infection
65 (18.8)
117 (13.7)
Others
14 (4.1)
16 (1.9)
Total patients
82 (23.8)
152 (17.8)
Postoperative hospital stay
Mean ± SD
12.4 ± 10.6
11.7 ± 9.8
0.261
SD: standard deviation, DG: distal gastrectomy, TG: total gastrectomy, PG: proximal gastrectomy, U: upper, M: middle, and L: lower.
