Relationship between fatty liver change and nutritional status after total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients: a retrospective study

Table 2 Surgical outcomes

	Non-FL group (n = 53)	FL group (n = 6)	P value
Pathological stage^a
pT > 3	28 (52.8%)	3 (60.0%)	0.79
pN > 1	25 (47.2%)	3 (60.0%)	0.61
pStage I/II	31 (58.5%)	3 (60.0%)	0.95
Tumor differentiation (poorly or signet)	28 (52.8%)	2 (33.3%)	0.37
Lymphadenectomy (D2)	17 (32.1%)	2 (33.3%)	0.95
Curabirity (R0)	43 (81.1%)	5 (83.3%)	0.90
Operation time (min)	292 (± 11)	298 (± 32)	0.86
Bleeding (ml)	280 (± 51)	270 (± 151)	0.95
Postoperative complication (+)^b	11 (20.8%)	0 (0%)	0.27

Values are in n (%) or mean (± standard deviation)
^aThe 8th edition of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification [11]
^bPostoperative complication was defined as more than grade III according to the Clavien–Dindo classification [12]

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