Table 3.

Postoperative QOL scores in NTTE and TTE using EORTC QLQ-C30

	NTTE (n = 26)	TTE (n = 37)	P valuea
	Median (range)
Global health status	83.3 (33.3–100)	66.7 (8.3–100)	0.004a
Functional scales
Physical	100 (73.3–100)	86.7 (20–100)	< 0.0001a
Role	100 (10–100)	83.3 (0–100)	0.007a
Emotional	91.7 (33.3–100)	75 (0–100)	0.113
Cognitive	100 (50–100)	66.7 (16.7–100)	0.002a
Social	100 (33.3–100)	83.3 (16.7–100)	0.090
Symptom scales
Fatigue	22.2 (0–55.6)	44.4 (0–100)	0.003a
Nausea and vomiting	0 (0–33.3)	0 (0–100)	0.032a
Pain	0 (0–33.3)	16.7 (0–100)	0.025a
Dyspnea	33.3 (0–33.3)	33.3 (0–100)	0.655
Insomnia	0 (0–66.7)	33.3 (0–100)	0.294
Appetite loss	0 (0–66.7)	33.3 (0–100)	0.018a
Constipation	0 (0–100)	0 (0–100)	0.317
Diarrhea	0 (0–100)	0 (0–100)	0.652
Financial difficulties	0 (0–33.3)	0 (0–100)	0.336

NTTE nontransthoracic esophagectomy, TTE transthoracic esophagectomy

^aWilcoxon rank-sum test