Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients undergoing laparoscopic and robotic distal gastrectomy

Gender (male/female)

19/22

14/16

NS

Age (year) (median, range)

74 (40–87)

73 (45–86)

NS

BMI (kg/m²) (median, range)

26.0 (23–30)

27.0 (23–38)

NS

Tumor location

NS

 Middle third

17 (41.5 %)

10 (33.3 %)

 Lower third

24 (58.5 %)

20 (66.7 %)

Lauren classification

NS

 Intestinal

19 (46.3)

19 (66.3)

 Diffuse

13 (31.7)

5 (16.7)

 Mixed

9 (22.0)

6 (20.0)

Tumor size (cm) (mean ± SD)

5.3 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.4

P = 0.02

Stage distribution

NS

 I

15 (36.6)

11 (36.7)

 II

15 (36.6)

10 (33.3)

 III

11 (26.8)

9 (30.0)