Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

Variables	All	Leak	No leak
Total number of patients	292	38	254
Mean age (years)	63.9 (SD: 10.6)	64.8 (SD: 9.1)	63.8 (SD: 10.8) p=0.54
Age >75 years	45	6	39 p=1.0
Neoadjuvant therapy	74	7	67 p=0.36
ASA grade	2.24	2.24	2.21 p=1.0
Fatal outcome	33	12 (31%)	21 (8%) p<0.001

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists;

SD = standard deviation