Clinical Study

Multicenter Phase 2 Study about the Safety of No Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use in Low-Risk Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma (KSWEET-01 Study)

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Patients ()

Age (years)51.6 ± 8.3
Gender
 Male70 (66.7)
 Female35 (33.3)
BMI (kg/m2)24.7 ± 3.6
ASA status
 190 (85.7)
 2-315 (12.4)
Comorbidity41 (39.0)
Abdominal operation history19 (18.1)
Preoperative hemoglobin
 Mean14.4 ± 1.4
 <12 g/dl5
 ≥12 g/dl100
Preoperative albumin
 Mean4.7 ± 0.4
 <3.1 g/dl0
 ≥3.1 g/dl105
Operative approach
 Totally laparoscopic102 (97.1)
 Laparoscopy assisted3 (2.9)
Reconstruction
 Billroth I5 (4.8)
 Billroth II50 (47.6)
 Roux-en-Y50 (47.6)
Lymphadenectomy
 D1+67 (63.9)
 D238 (36.2)
Omentectomy
 Partial97 (92.4)
 Complete8 (7.6)
Operating time (min)213 ± 62
Operative blood loss (ml)43 ± 34
Harvested lymph nodes52 ± 18
Tumor location
 Lower69 (65.7)
 Middle36 (34.3)
Tumor depth
 T1a61 (58.1)
 T1b36 (34.3)
 T23 (2.9)
 T34 (3.8)
 T4a1 (1.0)
Nodal metastasis
 N098 (93.3)
 N16 (5.7)
 N3a1 (1.0)

BMI: body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists score.