Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes of Hand-Sewn Versus Stapled Esophago-jejunal Anastomosis During Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer in 72 Patients: A Retrospective, Single-Center Study in Poland

26 January 2023: Clinical Research

Karolina Majewska ^1ABCDEF* , Patryk Zemła ^1ABCDEF , Beata Jabłońska ^2ACDEF , Sławomir Mrowiec ^2ADE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938759

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e938759

Table 4 Histopathological classification.

	Hand-sewn group	Stapler group	p
			0.6
Between 1 cm proximal and 2 cm distal to the anatomical cardia	9/28 (32.1%)	11/44 (25%)
More than 2 cm distal to the anatomical cardia	19/28 (67.9%)	31/44 (70.5%)
Site of anastomosis after previous surgery	–	2/44 (4.5%)
			0.3
0 (complete response)	1/28 (3.6%)	6/44 (13.6%)
I	8/28 (28.6%)	13/44 (29.5%)
II	7/28 (25%)	13/44 (29.5%)
III	11/28 (39.3%)	9/44 (20.5%)
IV	–	2/44 (4.5%)
			0.1
0	1/28 (3.6%)	5/44 (11.4%)
Tis	–	1/44 (2.3%)
1	9/28 (32.1%)	7/44 (15.9%)
2	2/28 (7.1%)	10/44 (22.7%)
3	7/28 (25%)	12/44 (27.3%)
4	9/28 (32.1%)	8/44 (18.2%)
			1.0
0	15/28 (53.6%)	24/44 (54.5%)
1	4/28 (14.3%)	7/44 (15.9%)
2	4/28 (14.3%)	5/44 (11.4%)
3	5/28 (17.9%)	7/44 (15.9%)
			0.5
0	28/28 (100%)	40/44 (90.9%)
1	–	2/44 (4.5%)
			0.1
1	–	4/44 (9.1%)
2	16/28 (57.1%)	14/44 (31.8%)
3	11/28 (39.3%)	17/44 (38.6%)
Unknown	1/28 (3.6%)	9/44 (20.5%)
			0.3
	3/28 (10.7%)	10/44 (22.7%)
≥15	22/28 (78.6%)	30/44 (68.2%)
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer; T stage extent of the main (primary) tumor and any spread of cancer into nearby tissue; N stage spread to local lymph nodes; M stage distant metastasis.