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Table 3 Intraoperative characteristics and surgical

From: Effect of modified esophagectomy perioperative technique resection for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer (tumor length > 8 cm): initial experience in 45 cases

Variables

 

Operation time (min)

583 (range 286–1075)

blood loss (ml), mean ± SD

375 ± 104

Preoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

6 (13)

Intraoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

33(74)

Postoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

6 (13)

Number of harvested lymph

28.2 (8.6)

Nodes, Mean ± SD

 

 Thoracic

19.1 ± 6.4

 Abdominal

6.5 ± 3.3

 Supraclavicular

2.6 ± 1.2

Width of the anastomotic orifice (mm)

21.7 ± 2.2

Overall complications, n (%)

4 (8)

Surgical complications, n (%)

 

 Anastomotic leakagea

0

 Chylothoraxb

0

 Vocal Cord Injury/Palsyc

0

 Delayed gastric emptying α

0

 Anastomotic stenosis β

0

 Regurgitationd

0

 Wound infectione

0

 Necrosis of gastric tubeθ

0

Non-surgical complications, n (%)

 

 Pneumoniaf

3 (6.0)

 Atrial fibrillationg

1 (2.0)

 Reoperation within 30 days

0

 In-hospital/Mortality within 30 days

0

 Postoperative length of stay (days), mean (SD)

17.5 (5.3)

 Reintubation

0

 (Death) DVT/pulmonary embolism

0

  1. aECCG, Type I–III; bECCG, Type I–IIII; cType I–III; αCD, Grade I–II; βCD, Grade; dCD, Grade I; θ CD, Grade I; eCD, Grade I; fCD, Grade II–III; gCD, Grade III