Radical Gastrectomy: Still the Cornerstone of Curative Treatment for Gastric Cancer in the Perioperative Chemotherapy Era—A Single Institute Experience over a Decade
Table 2
Pathology and morbidity characteristics.
NACT
No NACT
Age mean, (range)
64.1 (47–76 years)
69.9 (32–86)
Proximal/distal
15/13
6/40
Number of lymph-nodes harvested mean, (range)
20.6 (7–49)
15.8 (3–36)
Number of positive lymph-nodes mean, (range)
2.15 (0–13)
1.90 (0–10)
Patients with positive lymph-nodes , % total
17 (60.7%)
23 (50%)
Patients with anastomotic leak , % total
1 (3.5%)
2 (4.3%)
Proportion of patients with postoperative complications (%)
