Comparative study of laparoscopic vs open gastrectomy in gastric cancer management

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

	LGS (n = 22)	OGS (n = 25)	P value
Median age, yr (range)	67 (38-75)	68 (54-75)	0.07
Gender (M/F)	13/9	13/12	0.4
BMI, kg/m2 (range)	23 (18-25)	22 (18-26)	0.9
ASA score, median (range)	2 (0-3)	2 (0-3)	0.3
0	5 (23%)	2 (8%)
1	3 (14%)	8 (32%)
2	10 (45%)	10 (40%)
3	4 (18%)	5 (20%)
Tumor location (%)			0.9
Upper	5 (23%)	6 (24%)
Middle	7 (32%)	7 (28%)
Lower	10 (45%)	12 (48%)
Lauren histology (%)			0.7
Intestinal	12 (54%)	12 (48%)
Diffuse	10 (46%)	13 (52%)
pTNM [1997] (%)			0.6
Ib	2 (9%)	2 (8%)
II	9 (41%)	13 (52%)
IIIa/b	10 (45%)	7 (28%)
IV	1 (5%)	3 (12%)

LGS: Laparoscopic gastric surgery; OGS: Open gastric surgery; M/F: Male/Female; BMI: Body mass index; ASA: The American Association of Anaesthetists; pTNM: Pathological tumor-node-metastasis.