Table 2 Postoperative pathology
From: The comparison of post-proximal gastrectomy digestive tract reconstruction methods
|  | EG (n = 37) | JI (n = 29) | DTR (n = 28) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tumor location | AEG | 21(56.8) | 18(62.1) | 17(60.7) | 0.899 |
Upper third of the stomach | 16(43.2) | 11(37.9) | 11(39.3) | ||
Tumor size (cm) |  | 3.0(2.0–4.0) | 1.7(1.3–3.1) | 1.5(1.1–3.0) | 0.279 |
Tumor differentiation | Well | 5(13.5) | 6(20.7) | 5(17.8) | 0.948 |
Moderately | 17(45.9) | 12(41.4) | 11(39.3) | ||
poorly | 15(40.5) | 11(37.9) | 12(42.9) | ||
Depth of gastric wall infiltration (cm) |  | 1.51 ± 0.44 | 1.36 ± 0.67 | 1.56 ± 0.46 | 0.172 |
Number of lymph nodes cleared (pieces) |  | 18.7 ± 9.96 | 18.9 ± 9.88 | 19.3 ± 9.56 | 0.113 |
TNM stage | IA | 18(48.7) | 19(65.5) | 16(57.1) |  < 0.05 |
IB | 5(13.5) | 7(24.1) | 8(28.6) | ||
IIA | 3(8.1) | 3(10.4) | 4(14.3) | ||
IIB | 7(18.9) | 0 | 0 | ||
IIIA | 3(8.1) | 0 | 0 | ||
IIIB | 1(2.7) | 0 | 0 | ||
IIIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Proximal margin(mm) |  | 2.0(1.3–2.1) | 2.0(1.2–2.8) | 2.0(1.3–3.0) | 0.073 |
Distal margin(mm) |  | 5.0(2.2–6.0) | 5.0(2.8–7.6) | 5.0(2.6–7.4) | 0.243 |