From: Treatment of intrathoracic anastomotic leak after esophagectomy with the sump drainage tube
Patients’ characteristics | Conventional treatments (group 1) (n = 20) | New treatments (group 2) (n = 23) | P value |
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Age | 64.2 ± 4.8 | 65.1 ± 4.2 | P = 0.259 |
Gender | |||
Male | 12 | 16 | P = 0.733 |
Female | 8 | 7 | |
Cancer type | |||
Esophageal cancer | 13 | 15 | P = 0.780 |
Esophagogastric junction cancer | 7 | 8 | |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | 5 | 6 | P = 0.936 |
Comorbidity | |||
Hypertension | 6 | 7 | P = 0.895 |
Diabetes | 4 | 5 | P = 0.936 |
Anastomosis location | |||
Cervical anastomosis | 8 | 15 | P = 0.818 |
Intrathoracic anastomosis | 10 | 8 | |
Operation method | |||
McKeown esophagectomy | 8 | 15 | P = 0.611 |
Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy | 4 | 4 | |
Sweet esophagectomy | 6 | 4 | |
Timing of diagnosis | 6.3 | 5.8 | P = 0.09 |