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Table 3 Postoperative progress

From: Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer poses few limitations for selected elderly patients: a single-center experience

 

Elder n = 10

Younger n = 38

P value

Time to first ambulation, (days)

1.6 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.6

N.S.

Time to first flatus, (days)

2.8 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.8

N.S.

Time to first fluids, (days)

4.4 ± 1.2

3.7 ± 1.9

N.S.

Hospital stays, (days)

15.8 ± 6.4

15.3 ± 4.4

N.S.

  1. N.S. means " not significant"
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