Follow-up of elderly gastric cancer post-radical surgery: Trauma, complications, and prognosis

Table 1 Comparison of surgical-related indicators among three groups of patients, mean ± SD

Groups	Cases (n)	Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	Surgery duration (minute)	Postoperative time to first flatus (day)	Time to ambulation (day)	Postoperative hospital stay (day)
Control	40	398.14 ± 74.21	301.25 ± 45.15	5.25 ± 1.31	3.94 ± 1.21	16.91 ± 4.23
Open surgery	25	205.13 ± 69.32	265.13 ± 37.43	4.13 ± 1.15	3.06 ± 0.80	15.15 ± 3.71
Laparoscopic surgery	45	177.31 ± 55.15	231.25 ± 27.77	3.43 ± 1.02	2.87 ± 0.74	13.15 ± 3.15
F value		131.998	37.756	26.156	14.486	10.973
P value		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Quantitative data were compared across multiple groups using the F-test.