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Table 2 Perioperative and oncologic outcomes

From: Comparisons between minimally invasive and open esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with cervical anastomosis: a retrospective study

Variable

OE (n = 53)

MIE (n = 87)

P-Value

Operation time (min)

200.34 ± 14.51

146.08 ± 17.35

<  0.00011

Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

174.53 ± 35.32

83.91 ± 24.72

< 0.00011

Blood transfusion (%)

3.77%-2/53

2.30%-2/87

0.632

Postoperative ICU stay (hours)

21.75 ± 1.68

21.15 ± 1.54

0.071

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

15.64 ± 6.05

9.68 ± 2.97

< 0.00011

R0-resection rate (%)

100%-53/53

100%-87/87

1.002

Lymph nodes retrieved

18.42 ± 3.66

38.89 ± 4.31

< 0.00011

Postoperative pathological staging

  

0.282

 I

22.64%

21.83%

 

 II

58.49%

47.13%

 

 III

18.87%

31.03%

 
  1. Scale variables were expressed as median and range, ordinal and nominal parameters as absolute numbers, and percent
  2. ICU Intensive care unit
  3. 1Mann-Whitney test
  4. 2Chi-square (or Fisher exact) test