Optimal choice of stapler and digestive tract reconstruction method after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A prospective case–control study

Table 6 Comparison of QLQ-STO22 scores of patients in the four groups after surgery

	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
n	22	22	22	21
Deglutition	5.55 ± 1.47	5.01 ± 1.38	5.59 ± 1.89	4.76 ± 1.67
Pain	8.18 ± 1.87	7.36 ± 1.76	8.86 ± 2.30	8.62 ± 2.27
Reflux	11.68 ± 3.11	11.82 ± 2.63	12.18 ± 2.11	11.05 ± 2.99
Intake	10.73 ± 2.10	10.18 ± 1.82	10.68 ± 2.10	10.14 ± 1.62
Anxiety	16.41 ± 3.23	16.27 ± 3.06	15.86 ± 2.83	16.62 ± 3.28
Xerostomia	5.05 ± 0.95	4.73 ± 0.94	4.91 ± 0.92	4.57 ± 0.87
Sapidity	6.32 ± 2.06	5.68 ± 1.67	5.91 ± 1.54	6.14 ± 1.77
Soma	7.18 ± 1.82	6.55 ± 1.99	6.64 ± 1.89	7.52 ± 1.97
Alopecia	3.77 ± 0.75	3.73 ± 0.83	4.14 ± 0.71	3.90 ± 0.71