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Table 2 Validation results for predicting the difficulty of No. 6 LND

From: Preoperative evaluation to determine the difficulty of No. 6 lymphadenectomy in laparoscopic gastrectomy

Variables

Difficulty (-)

(n = 36)

Difficulty (+)

(n = 21)

p-value

Age (years)

23 / 13

10 / 11

0.23

Sex (men/women)

73.1 ± 10.2

72.2 ± 8.7

0.93

BMI

22.3 ± 4.7

23.6 ± 3.7

0.18

PPH (- / +)

34 / 2

15 / 5

0.02

MIP

Root of RGEV – root of RGEA: SD

15.9 ± 4.1

26.9 ± 7.7

< 0.0001

Root of RGEV – Upper edge of pancreas: HD

15.5 ± 6.8

23.8 ± 9.3

< 0.001

  1. LND lymph node dissection, BMI body mass index, PPH process of the pancreas head, RGEV right gastroepiploic vein, RGEA right gastroepiploic artery, SD slope distance, HD horizontal distance
  2. The bold values means significant difference (p<0.05)
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