Comparison of totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy using an endoscopic linear stapler with laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy using a circular stapler in patients with gastric cancer: A single-center experience

Table 3 Early surgical outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy and totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy

Variables	LATG, n = 266	TLTG, n = 421	P value
Operation time in min	170 (65-453)	149 (75-342)	< 0.001
Hematocrit change in (%)	4.04 (-3.8-15.2)	3.49 (-4.9-18.6)	0.002
Intra-operative transfusion	1 (0.4)	1 (0.2)	1.000
Post operative transfusion	28 (10.5)	55 (13.1)	0.32
Intra-operative event	27 (10.2)	13 (3.1)	< 0.001
Intra-operative anastomosis event	19 (7.1)	10 (2.4)	0.003
Combined operation	17 (6.4)	27 (6.4)	1.000
Time to first flatus in d (range)	3.60 (1-7)	3.30 (1-7)	< 0.001
Time to soft diet in d (range)	4.61 (2-68)	4.30 (3-36)	< 0.001
Pick of pain score, score (range)	7.11 (2-10)	6.96 (3-10)	0.912
8AM Pain socre of POD #1, score (range)	3.45 (0-10)	3.49 (0-10)	0.841
8AM Pain socre of POD #3, score (range)	2.44 (0-9)	2.54 (0-7)	0.529
8AM Pain socre of POD #5, score (range)	1.75 (0-10)	1.51 (0-8)	0.055
Number of administration of analgesics, n (range)	2.49 (0-69)	2.86 (0-67)	0.131
Post-operative hospital stay in d (range)	7.02 (5-1117)	6.75 (4-82)	0.005

Values are expressed as median (range) or n (%). Hematocrit change means the difference between preoperative hematocrit and postoperative hematocrit. LATG: Laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy; POD: Postoperative days; TLTG: Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy.