Table 4.

Postoperative outcomes stratified by conduit emptying grade

N (%)	Complete conduit emptying level 1	Delayed conduit emptying level 2	No conduit emptying level 3	P-value
No. of patients	70 (62.5)	34 (30.4)	8 (7.1)	–
Days with nasogastric tube
Median days (IQR)	3 (3–4)	3 (2–5)	6 (3–6)	< 0.001
Width of gastric conduit
Median centimeters (IQR)	2.7 (2.3–3.6)	3.3 (2.8–4.1)	3.3 (3.0–4.1)	0.005
Postoperative complication	38 (54.3)	21 (61.8)	8 (100)	0.042
Pulmonary complication	17 (24.3)	13 (38.2)	3 (37.5)	0.300
Pneumonia	7 (10.0)	5 (14.7)	0 (0)	0.458
Clavien–Dindo score				0.265
I	0/38 (0)	2/21 (9.5)	0/8 (0)
II	17/38 (44.7)	5/21 (23.8)	3/8 (37.5)
IIIa	7/38 (18.4)	6/21 (28.6)	1/8 (12.5)
IIIb	9/38 (23.7)	4/21 (19.1)	3/8 (37.5)
IVa	5/38 (13.2)	2/21 (9.5)	1/8 (12.5)
IVb	0/38 (0)	2/21 (9.5)	0/8 (0)
V	0/38 (0)	0/21 (0)	0/8 (0)
Postoperative intensive care	5 (7.1)	4 (11.8)	1 (12.5)	0.692
Length of hospital stay
Median days (IQR)	9 (6–13)	8 (6–18)	17 (11–27)	< 0.001