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. 2022 Jan 13;109(3):283–290. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab432

Table 4.

Pathological outcomes after totally minimally invasive, hybrid or open Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy

TMIE
(n = 1472)
Hybrid
(n = 1364)
Open
(n = 1897)
Pathological T category
  pT0 280 (19.0) 239 (17.5) 253 (13.3)
  pTis 11 (0.7) 2 (0.1) 9 (0.5)
  pT1 324 (22.0) 282 (20.7) 345 (18.2)
  pT2 227 (15.4) 197 (14.4) 269 (14.2)
  pT3 569 (38.7) 577 (42.3) 875 (46.1)
  pT4 33 (2.2) 36 (2.6) 91 (4.8)
  pTx 7 (0.5) 2 (0.1) 9 (0.5)
 Missing 21 (1.4) 21 (1.5) 46 (2.4)
Pathological N category
  pN0 855 (58.1) 743 (54.5) 953 (50.2)
  pN1 310 (21.1) 305 (22.4) 449 (23.7)
  pN2 187 (12.7) 165 (12.1) 253 (13.3)
  pN3 98 (6.7) 128 (9.4) 195 (10.3)
  pNx 1 (0.1) 2 (0.1) 1 (0.1)
 Missing 21 (1.4) 21 (1.5) 46 (2.4)
Pathological M category
  pM0 1363 (92.6) 1254 (91.9) 1592 (83.9)
  pM1 13 (0.9) 25 (1.8) 46 (2.4)
  pMx 75 (5.1) 64 (4.7) 213 (11.2)
 Missing 21 (1.4) 21 (1.5) 46 (2.4)
Radicality of resection
  R0 1381 (93.8) 1271 (93.2) 1693 (89.2)
  R1 70 (4.8) 70 (5.1) 152 (8.0)
  R2 0 (0) 2 (0.1) 6 (0.3)
 Missing 21 (1.4) 21 (1.5) 46 (2.4)
No. of resected lymph nodes * 30 (21–40) 29 (22–37) 26 (19–34)
No. of lymph nodes containing tumour cells * 0 (0–2) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–2)

Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise;

*values are median (i.q.r.). TMIE, totally minimally invasive oesophagectomy.