Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Reduced-port totally robotic distal subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: 100 consecutive cases in comparison with conventional robotic and laparoscopic distal subtotal gastrectomy

Variables

Reduced robotic

(n = 100)

Conventional laparoscopic

(n = 261)

p value

Conventional robotic

(n = 241)

p value

Age (years)

54.5 ± 11.4

62.0 ± 11.5

 < 0.001

57.2 ± 12.1

0.059

Sex

  

0.733

 

0.505

Male

59 (59.0)

147 (56.3)

 

131 (54.4)

 

Female

41 (41.0)

114 (43.7)

 

100 (45.6)

 

ASA score

  

0.001

 

0.383

1

24 (24.0)

39 (14.9)

 

63 (26.1)

 

2

62 (62.0)

129 (49.4)

 

129 (53.5)

 

3

14 (14.0)

86 (33.0)

 

47 (19.5)

 

4

0 (0)

7 (2.7)

 

2 (0.8)

 

BMI, kg/m2

23.8 (2.7)

23.5 (3.1)

0.544

23.6 (2.9)

0.689

Clinical T classificationa

  

0.216

 

0.852

cT1

74 (74.0)

212 (81.2)

 

185 (76.8)

 

cT2

21 (21.0)

41 (15.7)

 

48 (19.9)

 

cT3

4 (4.0)

8 (3.1)

 

7 (2.9)

 

cT4

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

 

1 (0.4)

 

Clinical N classificationa

  

0.422

 

 > 0.99

N0

89 (89.0)

241 (92.3)

 

214 (88.8)

 

N1

11 (11.0)

20 (7.7)

 

27 (11.2)

 

Tubular tumor location

  

0.378

 

0.18

Middle third

67 (67.0)

160 (61.3)

 

141 (58.5)

 

Lower third

33 (33.0)

101 (38.7)

 

100 (41.5)

 

Circular tumor location

  

0.919

 

0.794

Lesser curvature

33 (33.0)

94 (36.0)

 

88 (36.5)

 

Greater curvature

19 (19.0)

56 (21.5)

 

49 (20.3)

 

Anterior wall

21 (21.0)

47 (18.0)

 

37 (15.4)

 

Posterior wall

26 (26.0)

62 (23.8)

 

65 (27.0)

 

Circular

1 (1.0)

2 (0.8)

 

2 (0.8)

 
  1. Values are shown mean ± standard deviation or n(%).
  2. aClinical stages are according to the AJCC 8th staging system.
  3. BMI, body mass index; ASA score, America Society of Anesthesiologist score.