Table I. The clinicopathological characteristics of each surgical procedure.
TTE: Transthoracic esophagectomy; TME: transmediastinal esophagectomy; BMI: body mass index; RF: respiratory function; VC: vital capacity; %VC, VC of predicted; FEV1.0: forced expiratory volume in one second; FEV1.0%: FEV1.0/forced VC; CT: chemotherapy; CRT: chemoradiotherapy. aUnivariate analysis included Chi-squared and Fisher’s exact probability tests. Statistically significant p-values are shown in bold.