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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2012 Jul;256(1):95–103. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182590603

TABLE 2.

Technical and Perioperative Aspects of Elective MIE With Either a Cervical (MIE-Neck) or Intrathoracic (MIE-Chest) Anastomosis

MIE-Neck, n = 481 (48%) MIE-Chest, n = 530 (52%) Total, n = 1011 P
Gastric conduit, n (%) 480 (99.8) 530 (100) 1010 (99.9) 0.294
Pyloric drainage procedure, n (%) 410 (86) 459 (87) 869 (86) 0.59
Feeding jejunostomy, n (%) 454 (95) 498 (95) 952 (95) 0.829
Stapled anastomosis, n (%) 375 (79) 526 (99) 901 (89) <0.001
Conversion to open, n (%) 25 (5) 20 (4) 45 (5) 0.272
 Abdomen 13 (3) 7 (1) 20 (2) 0.528
 Chest 9 (2) 13 (3) 22 (2) 0.115
 Both 3 (0.6) 0 (0) 3 (0.3) 0.069
Postoperative length of stay, days, median (IQR) 8 (6–14) 7 (6–14) 8 (6–14) 0.069
ICU length of stay, days, median (IQR) 1 (1–3) 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3) 0.877