The Application of Spleen-Preserving Splenic Regional Laparoscopic Lymphadenectomy with Spleen Kept In Situ and Laparotomy with Spleen Lifted Out of the Abdomen for Locally Advanced Proximal Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Baseline surgical aspects of the included patients per group.

Variable	LSKS-SRLA ()	LSLA-SRLA ()
Operation time (min)			0.000
Estimated blood loss (ml)			0.231
Length of incision (cm)			0.000
Total no. of retrieved lymph nodes			0.640
No. of splenic region lymph nodes			0.000
Postoperative hospital stay (days)			0.000

LSKS-SRLA = laparoscopic splenic regional lymphadenectomy with spleen kept in situ; LSLA-SRLA = laparotomy with spleen lifted out of the abdomen.