Laparoscopic vs open total gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer following neoadjuvant therapy: A propensity score matching analysis

Table 3 Description of intraoperative and recovery features before and after propensity score matching

Variable	All patients		P value	Matched patients		P value
	LTG (n = 78)	OTG (n = 107)		LTG (n = 69)	OTG (n = 69)
Operation time (min)	207.6 ± 49.3	205.2 ± 52.1	0.744	204.0 ± 45.8	207.1 ± 53.1	0.713
Blood loss (mL)	197.2 ± 162.4	228.1 ± 193.4	0.252	200.6 ± 162.0	237.1 ± 194.9	0.116
Combined resection n (%)			0.139			0.245
Yes	0 (0)	4 (3.7)		0 (0)	3 (4.3)
No	78 (100)	107 (96.3)		69 (100)	66 (95.7)
Resection n (%)			0.651			1.000
R0	75 (96.2)	105 (98.1)		66 (95.7)	67 (97.1)
R1/R2	3 (3.8)	2 (1.9)		3 (4.3)	2 (2.9)
Blood transfusion n (%)			0.608			0.507
Yes	13 (16.7)	21 (80.4)		11 (15.9)	14 (20.3)
No	65 (83.3)	86 (19.6)		58 (84.1)	55 (79.7)
Length of incision (cm)	10.29 ± 4.4	21.6 ± 3.8	< 0.001	10.4 ± 4.6	21.9 ± 3.8	< 0.001
Postoperative hospital stay (d)	11.6 ± 7.0	15.1 ± 10.9	0.015	11.5 ± 7.1	16.0 ± 12.8	0.012
Dissected lymph nodes	37.7 ± 14.5	37.8 ± 17.6	0.950	37.3 ± 14.2	35.5 ± 15.9	0.465
Time to ambulation (d)	3.0 ± 1.2	3.4 ± 2.4	0.130	3.0 ± 1.3	3.4 ± 2.3	0.229
Time to first flatus (d)	4.8 ± 1.7	5.2 ± 2.3	0.235	4.9 ± 1.7	5.1 ± 1.8	0.381
Time to first liquid intake (d)	9.2 ± 5.6	10.1 ± 7.8	0.404	9.1 ± 5.6	10.7 ± 8.7	0.201
Time to removal of gastric tube (d)	5.0 ± 2.0	6.5 ± 5.0	0.008	5.1 ± 2.0	6.8 ± 5.2	0.013
Time to removal of all drainage tubes	9.7 ± 10.1	11.1 ± 11.1	0.391	9.7 ± 10.5	10.9 ± 10.3	0.488

LTG: Laparoscopic total gastrectomy; OTG: Open total gastrectomy.