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. 2024 Jan 20;31(6):3813–3818. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-14912-x

Table 2.

Surgical characteristics

Characteristics All patients [n = 357] (%)
Surgical technique
 Open resection 26 (7.3)
 Minimally invasive 328 (91.9)
 Missing 3 (0.8)
Surgical approach
 Transhiatal esophagectomy 31 (8.7)
 Transthoracic esophagectomy 321 (89.9)
 MICE 2 (0.6)
 Total gastrectomy 3 (0.8)
Radicality of resection
 Microscopically irradical (R1) 351 (98.3)
 Macroscopically irradical (R2) 6 (1.7)
Tumor regression grade
 Subtotal pathological response 44 (12.3)
 Partial pathological response 258 (72.3)
 No pathological response 42 (11.8)
 Missing 1 (0.3)
Pathological T category
 ypTx 3 (0.8)
 ypT1b 7 (2)
 ypT2 26 (7.3)
 ypT3 297 (83.2)
 ypT4a 16 (4.5)
 ypT4b 8 (2.2)
Pathological N category
 ypN0 119 (33.3)
 ypN1 101 (28.3)
 ypN2 70 (19.6)
 ypN3 60 (16.8)
 Missing 7 (2)
Pathological M category
 ypM1 13 (3.6)

MICE minimally invasive cervical esophagectomy