Table 3.
Surgical and pathology results in the resected population (n = 60).
| N (%), n = 60 | |
|---|---|
| Surgical procedure | |
| Ivor Lewis procedure | 38 (63.4) |
| Total esogastrectomy with intrathoracic anastomosis | 13 (21.7) |
| Distal gastrectomy | 5 (8.3) |
| Total gastrectomy | 4 (6.7) |
| 30-day overall morbidity (n = 59) | 33 (55.9) |
| Significant postoperative complications | 25 (41.7) |
| 30-day postoperative deaths | 2 (3.3) |
| Surgical complications | 16 (26.7) |
| -anastomotic leak | 4 |
| -vocal cord paralysis | 2 |
| -intra-abdominal abscess | 3 |
| -wound infection | 2 |
| -gastroplasty necrosis | 2 |
| -small bowel occlusion | 2 |
| -chylothorax | 2 |
| -pancreatitis | 1 |
| -repeat surgery | 8 |
| Medical complications (%, n = 59) | 14 (23.7) |
| -pulmonary | 11 (18.6) |
| -cardiovascular | 6 (10.2) |
| -neurologic | 3 (5.1) |
| -renal | 2 (3.4) |
| -hepatic | 0 (0) |
| -sepsis | 4 (6.8) |
| Tumor differentiation (%, n = 55) | |
| Good | 15 (27.3) |
| Moderate | 18 (32.7) |
| Poor | 22 (40.0) |
| Median number of harvested lymph nodes | 25 [7–60] |
| Median percentage of invaded lymph nodes among harvested lymph nodes | 4.9 % [0–73] |
| Radicality of resection (%, n = 59) | |
| R0 | 53 (89.8) |
| R1 | 5(8.5) |
| R2 | 1 (1.7) |
| Tumor response (%, n = 56) | |
| pCR: no residual tumor cells | 4 (7.1) |
| pPR: rare residual tumor cells or more fibrosis without tumor cells | 12 (21.4) |
| pNR: more tumor cells than fibrosis or no histologic sign of response to chemotherapy | 40 (71.4) |
| pT0 | 3 (5.0) |
| pT1 | 7 (11.7) |
| pT2 | 5 (8.3) |
| pT3 | 38 (63.3) |
| pT4a | 6 (10.0) |
| pT4b | 1 (1.7) |
| pN0 | 23 (38.3) |
| pN1 | 14 (23.3) |
| pN2 | 11 (18.3) |
| pN3a | 11 (18.3) |
| pN3b | 1 (1.7) |
| pM0 | 59 (98.3) |
| pM1 | 1 (1.7) |