Digestive tract reconstruction using isoperistaltic jejunum-later-cut overlap method after totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Short-term outcomes and impact on quality of life

Table 4 Operative variables of the patients

	All patients			Propensity-matched patients
	Group T (n = 51)	Group A (n = 456)	P value	Group T (n = 51)	Group A (n = 102)	P value
Operative time, min (mean ± SD)	209.3 ± 41.0	203.6 ± 49.3	0.427	209.3 ± 41.0	200.5 ± 55.6	0.318
Blood loss, mL (mean ± SD)	48.3 ± 38.5	98.4 ± 149.1	0.017	48.3 ± 38.5	105.4 ± 147.9	0.008
Harvested LNs (mean ± SD)	44.5 ± 15.0	41.2 ± 14.2	0.237	44.5 ± 15.0	42.6 ± 15.2	0.465
Time to first flatus, days (mean ± SD)	3.8 ± 1.2	3.5 ± 1.7	0.220	3.8 ± 1.2	3.6 ± 1.2	0.332
Time to fluid diet, days (mean ± SD)	5.6 ± 1.4	5.6 ± 1.6	1	5.6 ± 1.4	5.5 ± 1.9	0.739
Postoperative days (mean ± SD)	12.6 ± 4.3	14.7 ± 8.9	0.097	12.6 ± 4.3	15.4 ± 8.9	0.035
hospitalization costs, yuan	75450 ± 20038	73308 ± 21932	0.505	75450 ± 20038	70407 ± 13254	0.065
Chemotherapy	33	310	0.635	33	78	0.123

LN: Lymph node.