Surgical resection of esophagogastric junction stromal tumor: How to protect the cardiac function

Table 2 Comparison of intra-operative and postoperative variables between two surgical procedures for type A esophagogastric junction-gastrointestinal stromal tumors

	CR group, n = 18	PG group, n = 25	P value	95%CI
				Lower	Upper
Operating time in min	108.61 ± 30.13	137.80 ± 51.04	0.029	-56.41	-0.97
Intraoperative blood loss in mL	59.44 ± 23.08	90.60 ± 35.62	0.069	-53.53	-11.78
First passage of flatus time in h	29.11 ± 15.35	74.24 ± 40.39	0.013	-65.389	-24.87
Days to oral intake	3.56 ± 1.65	8.68 ± 3.88	0.006	-7.09	-3.16
Postoperative hospital stay in d	6.00 ± 2.40	10.96 ± 4.15	0.049	-7.17	-2.75
Negative margin, %	100	100

CI: Confidence interval; CR: Conformal resection; PG: Proximal gastrectomy.