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Table 3 Perioperative data (n = 25)

From: Laparoscopic gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer: initial Egyptian experience at the National Cancer Institute

Variables

Values

Operative time (min) [median (range)]

240 (200-330)

Blood loss (ml) [median (range)]

250 (200-50)

Hospital stay (days) [median (range)]

8 (6-30)

Start oral fluids (days) [median (range)]

4 (3-30)

Conversion to open procedure [n (%)]

7 (28)

 Bleeding [n (%)]

2 (8)

 Adhesions between the stomach and colon [n (%)]

1 (4)

 Proper assessment of the mass [n (%)]

1 (4)

 Visceral organ injury [n (%)]

1 (4)

 Mass was adherent to the pancreatic head [n (%)]

1 (4)

 Failure to fire the stapler [n (%)]

1 (4)

Reconstruction

 

 Esophagogastrostomy [n (%)]

3 (12)

 Billroth II [n (%)]

3 (12)

 Roux-en-Y [n (%)]

19 (76)

Postoperative complications [n (%)]

4 (16)

Reoperation

2 (8)

 Anastomotic leakage [n (%)]

1 (4)

 Duodenal stump leakage [n (%)]

1 (4)