TABLE 2.

Outcome after resection of esophagus for cancer in LVH^a and HVH^b

Outcome	LVH		HVH		P value
	No. of patients	%	No. of patients	%
Margins					.93
R0	248	72	377	67
R1	55	16	161	28
R2	35	11	21	4
Unknown	4	1	2	1
Complications
Surgical complications	144	42	207	37	.01
General complications	191	56	207	37	<.001
No complications	89	26	247	44	<.001
Hospital stay
Median (days)	21		14		<.001
In-hospital
Mortality	45	13	28	5	<.001
Survival
Median (months)	21		22		.90
Range (months)	(1–171)		(1–158)
Total No. of patients	342		561

^a LVH, low-volume hospitals.

^b HVH, high-volume hospital.