Clinical Study
Billroth II with Braun Enteroenterostomy Is a Good Alternative Reconstruction to Roux-en-Y Gastrojejunostomy in Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy
Table 1
Clinicopathologic characteristics of the patients.
| | Variable | BII Braun () | Roux-en-Y () | value |
| | Age | 60.1 ± 13.3 | 57.6 ± 12.6 | 0.466 | | Sex | | | 0.218 | | Male | 15 (57.7%) | 22 (73.3%) | | | Female | 11 (42.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.3 ± 3.3 | 24.0 ± 3.5 | 0.491 | | ASA score | | | 0.453 | | 1 | 13 (50.0%) | 18 (60.0%) | | | 2 | 13 (50.0%) | 12 (40.0%) | | | Comorbidity | 12 (46.2%) | 12 (40.0%) | 0.643 | | Hypertension | 10 | 6 | | | Diabetes mellitus | 6 | 7 | | | Liver diseases | 3 | | | | Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | | | Myocardial Infarction | 1 | | | | Extent of lymph node dissection | | | 0.906 | | D1+ | 10 (38.5%) | 12 (40.0%) | | | D2 | 16 (61.5%) | 18 (60.0%) | | | Number of retrieved lymph nodes | 36.7 ± 15.4 | 35.8 ± 10.9 | 0.793 | | Pathologic stage | | | 0.043 | | I | 12 (46.2%) | 23 (76.6%) | | | II | 7 (26.9%) | 5 (16.7%) | | | III | 7 (26.9%) | 2 (6.7%) | |
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Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
BMI = body mass index; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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