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