Table 1 Baseline Demographic and Postoperative Characteristics of Patients Who Underwent Robotic or Laparoscopic Surgery

From: Robotic versus laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for resectable gastric cancer: a randomized phase 2 trial

Characteristic

RDG (n = 141)

LDG (n = 142)

Mean ± SD/N (%)

Mean ± SD/N (%)

Age, y

59.4 ± 10.2

59.3 ± 11.3

BMI, kg/m2

23.2 ± 3.0

22.7 ± 3.3

Tumor size, mm

35.1 ± 17.9

39.3 ± 19.6

Sex

 Male

94 (66.7%)

90 (63.4%)

 Female

47 (33.3%)

52 (36.6%)

ECOG PS

 0

116 (82.3%)

111 (78.2%)

 1

25 (17.7%)

31 (21.8%)

Histology

 Differentiated

52 (36.9%)

56 (39.4%)

 Undifferentiated

89 (63.1%)

86 (60.6%)

Lymphovascular invasion

 Negative

81 (57.4%)

76 (53.5%)

 Positive

60 (42.6%)

66 (46.5%)

cT stage

 cT1-T3

94 (66.7%)

83 (58.5%)

 cT4

47 (33.3%)

59 (41.5%)

cN stage

 cN0

63 (44.7%)

58 (40.8%)

 cN+

78 (55.3%)

84 (59.2%)

pT stage

 pT1

55 (39.0%)

37 (26.1%)

 pT2

23 (16.3%)

19 (13.4%)

 pT3

45 (31.9%)

59 (41.5%)

 pT4

18 (12.8%)

27 (19.0%)

pN stage

 pN0

54 (38.3%)

56 (39.4%)

 pN1

26 (18.4%)

22 (15.5%)

 pN2

28 (19.9%)

27 (19.0%)

 pN3a

23 (16.3%)

22 (15.5%)

 pN3b

10 (7.1%)

15 (10.6%)

AJCC8th pTNM stage

 I

55 (39.0%)

43 (30.3%)

 II

33 (23.4%)

36 (25.4%)

 III

53 (37.6%)

63 (44.4%)

  1. RDG robotic distal gastrectomy, LDG laparoscopic distal gastrectomy, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology performance status, AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer.