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Table 2.

Perioperative Mortality and Morbidity of Minimally Invasive Surgical Therapy

Series	No. Patients	Perioperative Mortality	Complication Rate	Complications	Leak Rate	Reoperation for Complication	LOS (days)
van der Peet et al (2001)⁴	5	0%	20%	1 leak	20%	20%	10 (9-11)
				1 abscess
				1 sepsis

Rosati et al (2001)⁵	11	0%	9%	1 leak	9%	9%	–

Neoral et al (2002)⁶	3	0%	33%	1 leak	33%	0%	–

Matthews et al (2003)⁷	5	0%	0%	None	0%	0%	3 (2-6)

Fraiji et al (2003)⁸	6	0%	50%	1 intraoperative perforation	0%	17%	4 (1-8)
				1 pneumonia
				1 empyema
				1 prolonged ileus

Klaus et al (2003)⁹	11	0%	18%	1 leak	9%	9%	5 (1-29)
Klaus et al (2003)⁹	11	0%	18%	1 empyema	9%	9%	5 (1-29)

Del Genio et al (2004)¹⁰	13	7.7%	38%	3 leaks	23%	0%	14 (7-25)
				1 intraoperative mucosal tear
				1 myocardial infarction

Fernando et al (2005)¹¹	20 (4 mid esophageal)	0%	45%	4 leaks	20%	10%	5 (1-61)
				1 intraoperative perforation
				2 pneumonia
				2 empyema
				1 pulmonary embolism
				1 pneumothorax
				1 myocardial infarction
				1 atrial fibrillation
				1 congestive heart failure
				1 cerebrovascular accident
				1 seizure
				1 port site hernia
				1 wound seroma requiring drainage
				1 renal failure

Tedesco et al (2005)¹²	7	0%	14%	1 leak	14%	14%	6
Tedesco et al (2005)¹²	7	0%	14%	1 acute paraesophageal hernia	14%	14%	6

Palanivelu et al (2008)¹³	12 (4 mid esophageal)	0%	25%	1 pneumonitis	0%	0%	5 (3-7)
Palanivelu et al (2008)¹³	12 (4 mid esophageal)	0%	25%	1 dysphagia	0%	0%	5 (3-7)