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Table 4 Postoperative complications

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
Complication (+)	1 (10)	3 (7.8)	N.S.
Leakage	0	0
Intra-abdominal abscess, n (%)	1 (10)	2 (5.2)	N.S.
Ileus, n (%)	0	1 (2.6)	N.S.

N.S. means " not significant"

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