Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2012; 18(3): 251-256
Published online Jan 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i3.251
Table 1 Patients’ clinicopathologic characteristics1
TP1 (n = 283)TP2A (n = 102)TP2B (n = 134)P value
Median age (range)59 (26-80)62 (30-79)60 (35-82)0.542
Sex (M/F)195/88   67/3575/59  0.23
Type of reconstruction0.001
Billroth II28300
Roux-en-Y0102134
Lymphadenectomy0.153
D124 (8.4)5 (5.2)14 (10.4)
D2259 (91.6)97 (94.8)120 (89.6)
AJCC tumor stage0.116
I41 (14.5)12 (11.3)20 (15.2)
II80 (28.4)31 (30.4)45 (33.4)
III133 (46.9)51 (50.2)58 (43.1)
IV29 (10.2)8 (8.1)11 (8.3)
Type of pain control0.731
Nil  18 (6.3)5 (4.8)11 (8.2)
Epidural form  70 (24.9)22 (21.3)22 (16.5)
Intravenous form  189 (68.8)73 (71.9)101 (75.3)
Operation time241 ± 53.8253 ± 59.6251 ± 63.30.821