Influence of liver function after laparoscopy-assisted vs totally laparoscopic gastrectomy

Table 5 Hierarchical comparison of bilirubin in each group

Variable	TLTG group (n = 13)	LATG group (n = 19)	TLGG group (n = 27)	LAGG group (n = 21)	P value
TBIL (μmol/L)
BO	16.65 ± 9.40	11.77 ± 5.85	11.90 ± 4.04	11.49 ± 3.89	0.0801,Nonsig, 0.7262,Nonsig
AO
1-2 d	16.53 ± 7.32	15.17 ± 9.32	14.33 ± 7.01	15.06 ± 4.98	0.6621,Nonsig, 0.6872,Nonsig
3-4 d	19.62 ± 11.28	12.67 ± 8.17	16.30 ± 6.66	10.73 ± 5.11	0.0521,Nonsig, 0.0032,Sig
5-7 d	16.69 ± 6.58	13.75 ± 8.33	14.57 ± 5.56	11.98 ± 4.84	0.2951,Nonsig, 0.0972,Nonsig
DBIL (μmol/L)
BO	2.83 ± 1.42	2.12 ± 1.44	2.19 ± 0.76	2.18 ± 0.86	0.1311,Nonsig, 0.9692,Nonsig
AO
1-2 d	3.97 ± 1.67	3.69 ± 2.44	3.63 ± 1.77	3.87 ± 1.67	0.7221,Nonsig, 0.6282,Nonsig
3-4 d	4.78 ± 2.56	3.70 ± 2.46	4.56 ± 3.67	2.80 ± 1.48	0.2371,Nonsig, 0.0442,Sig
5-7 d	4.65 ± 1.51	4.63 ± 5.38	3.93 ± 2.60	3.53 ± 2.44	0.9871,Nonsig, 0.5872,Nonsig
IBIL (μmol/L)
BO	13.48 ± 8.09	9.65 ± 4.76	9.70 ± 3.42	9.30 ± 3.09	0.1021,Nonsig, 0.6782,Nonsig
AO
1-2 d	12.56 ± 5.83	11.48 ± 7.10	10.78 ± 5.62	11.20 ± 3.54	0.4541,Nonsig, 0.7652,Nonsig
3-4 d	14.83 ± 8.88	8.97 ± 6.07	11.75 ± 3.57	7.94 ± 3.94	0.0341,Sig, 0.0012,Sig
5-7 d	12.38 ± 5.33	9.12 ± 4.33	10.64 ± 3.46	8.45 ± 2.71	0.0661,Nonsig, 0.0212,Sig

¹Total laparoscopic total gastrectomy group compared with the laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy group;

²Total laparoscopic distal gastrectomy group compared with the laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy group.

TLTG: Total laparoscopic total gastrectomy; LATG: Laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy; TLGG: Total laparoscopic distal gastrectomy; LAGG: Laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; IBIL: Indirect bilirubin; BO: Before the operation; AO: After the operation.