Table 1.

Demographic data and outcome of the 40 patients who underwent an oesophagectomy

Median age in years (range)	63 (35–81)
Sex (male-to-female ratio)	34:6
Histology (adeno-to-squamous ratio)	36:4
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy advised	32 (80%)*
Pathological T stage:
T0	1 (2.5%)
T1	10 (25%)
T2	9 (23%)†
T3	16 (40%)
T4	4 (10%)
Pathological stage N1	22 (55%)
Hospital mortality	1 (2.5%)
Respiratory complications	9 (23%)
Clinically significant anastomotic leak	2 (5%)
Return to theatre	1 (2.5%)
Median length of hospital stay in days (range)	15 (10–91)

^*Two patients (pT3N1 and pT3N0) declined neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

^†One pT2N0 patient died in hospital.