Gastrointestinal symptomatic outcomes of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy

Table 1 Distribution of patients

	w/ anastomosis	w/o anastomosis
Open gastrectomy	21	4	25
Laparoscopic gastrectomy	2	5	7
	23	9	32

Table 2 Comparison of length of stay between open and laparoscopic gastrectomy

Length of stay	Median/mean in days	P
Open gastrectomy (n = 25)	7/9.6
Laparoscopic gastrectomy (n = 7)	4/5	0.0026

Table 3 Comparison of length of stay between gastrectomy w/ and w/o anastomosis

Length of stay	Median/mean in days	P
Gastrectomy w/ anastomosis (n = 23)	8/9.8
Gastrectomy w/o anastomosis (n = 9)	5/5.3	0.0007

Table 4 Comparison of age and follow up between open and laparoscopic gastrectomy

	Median age in years	Median follow up in months
Open gastrectomy (n = 25)	69	37
Laparoscopic gastrectomy (n = 7)	73	29
P	NS	NS

NS: Not significant.

Table 5 Median GSRS scores (with interquartile range) for open and laparoscopic gastrectomy

GSRS domain	Open gastrectomy	Laparoscopic gastrectomy	P value
Dyspepsia syndrome	1 (0-3)	0 (0-3)	0.02
Indigestion syndrome	1 (0-2)	0 (0-2)	NS
Bowel dysfunction syndrome	2 (1-4)	1 (0-4)	NS

GSRS: Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale.

Table 6 Median GSRS scores (with interquartile range) for gastrectomy w/ and w/o anastomosis

GSRS domain	Partial gastrectomy w/ anastomosis	Partial gastrectomy w/o anastomosis	P value
Dyspepsia syndrome	1 (0-3)	0 (0-1)	NS
Indigestion syndrome	1 (0-4)	0 (0-1)	0.05
Bowel dysfunction syndrome	2 (1-4)	1 (0-1)	NS