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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2023; 15(4): 643-654
Published online Apr 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i4.643
Published online Apr 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i4.643
Table 3 Pathological characteristics of patients according to perioperative red blood cell transfusion
| Variable | Non-transfusion | Red blood cell transfusion | P value |
| n >= 529 (%) | n = 189 (%) | ||
| Tumor size (cm), mean ± SD | 4.3 ± 2.6 | 6.0 ± 3.6 | < 0.001 |
| Tumor location | 0.039 | ||
| Lower | 327 (61.8) | 95 (50.3) | |
| Middle | 130 (24.6) | 60 (31.7) | |
| Upper | 64 (12.2) | 29 (15.3) | |
| Diffuse | 8 (1.5) | 5 (2.6) | |
| Lauren histologic type1 | 0.002 | ||
| Intestinal | 276 (52.6) | 124 (66.0) | |
| Diffuse/mixed | 249 (47.4) | 64 (34.0) | |
| Histological differentiation1 | 0.056 | ||
| Well/moderate | 245 (46.7) | 103 (54.8) | |
| Poor | 280 (53.3) | 85 (45.2) | |
| Lymphatic invasion | 0.027 | ||
| No | 293 (55.4) | 87 (46.0) | |
| Yes | 236 (44.6) | 102 (54.0) | |
| Vascular invasion | 0.017 | ||
| No | 364 (68.8) | 112 (59.3) | |
| Yes | 165 (31.2) | 77 (40.7) | |
| Perineural invasion | 0.001 | ||
| No | 304 (57.5) | 83 (43.9) | |
| Yes | 225 (42.5) | 106 (56.1) | |
| pT status | < 0.001 | ||
| pT1/T2 | 248 (46.9) | 54 (28.6) | |
| pT3/T4 | 281 (53.1) | 135 (71.4) | |
| Lymph nodes harvested, mean ± SD | 41.5 ± 19.4 | 39.2 ± 19.5 | 0.175 |
| pN status | 0.126 | ||
| pN0 | 244 (46.1) | 75 (39.7) | |
| pN+ | 285 (53.9) | 114 (60.3) | |
| pTNM stage | < 0.001 | ||
| I/II | 329 (62.2) | 86 (45.5) | |
| III/IV | 200 (37.8) | 103 (54.5) |
- Citation: Kawakami LE, Bonomi PB, Pereira MA, Carvalho FO, Ribeiro Jr U, Zilberstein B, Sampaio LR, Carneiro-D'Albuquerque LA, Ramos MFKP. Risk factors for blood transfusion and its prognostic implications in curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(4): 643-654
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v15/i4/643.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v15.i4.643