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Table 2 Operative parameter characteristics (N = 142)

From: A refined procedure for esophageal resection using a full minimally invasive approach

Characteristic

 

Intraoperative time (min)

 Full operating room time

  Mean (SD)

306.5 (73.7)

  Median (IQR)

290 (255–348)

 “Skin-to-skin” time

  Mean (SD)

254.6 (65.5)

  Median (IQR)

237 (210–290)

Estimated blood loss (cc)

 Mean (SD)

142.0 (143.9)

 Median (IQR)

100 (50–200)

Resection margin

 R0

128 (90.1%)

 R1

14 (9.9%)a

  Circumferential

11 (7.8%)

  Longitudinal

3 (2.1%)

Lymph nodes excised (median (IQR))

15 (11–21)

 Positive lymph node pathology (%)

37.3%

Jejunostomy [N (%)]

 Preoperative

18 (12.7%)

 Intraoperative

3 (2.1%)

 Postoperative

6 (4.2%)

 None

115 (81.0%)

Pylorus injection of botulinum toxin [N (%)]

37 (26.1%)

Pleura closed [N (%)]

99 (69.7%)

  1. IQR: Interquartile range, R0: clean surgical margins; no evidence of residual tumor, R1: evidence of residual tumor at surgical margin, SD: Standard deviation
  2. aTwo of these patients were alive and well at least four years after surgery, suggesting these patients likely had a complete resection with negative margins