Table 1.
Total (n = 60) | IMT (n = 28) | Control (n = 32) | p-value | |
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Demographics | ||||
Age (mean (SD) years) | 64.13 (7.8) | 63.07 (8.8) | 65.06 (67.78) | 0.33 |
Gender (n (%)) | ||||
Male | 42 (70) | 20 | 22 | 0.82 |
Female | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
Height (mean (SD) cm) | 166.22 (16.45) | 167.93 (14.27) | 164.72 (18.22) | 0.46 |
Weight (mean (SD) kg) | 80.68 (18.62) | 81.91 (16.27) | 79.60 (20.64) | 0.64 |
Clinical details | ||||
Tumor histology (n (%)) | ||||
Adenocarcinoma | 42 (70) | 21 (75) | 21 (66) | 0.43 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 18 (30) | 7 (25) | 11 (34) | |
Neoadjuvant therapy (n (%)) | ||||
CROSS | 30 (50) | 16 (57) | 14 (44) | 0.56 |
MAGIC | 15 (25) | 6 (21.5) | 9 (28) | |
None | 15 (25) | 6 (21.5) | 9 (28) | |
ASA Score (n (%)) | ||||
1 | 7 (12) | 4 (14) | 3 (9) | N/A |
2 | 38 (63) | 18 (64) | 20 (63) | |
3 | 13 (22) | 4 (14) | 9 (28) | |
4 | 2 (3) | 2 (7) | 0 | |
Operative details | ||||
Surgical approach (n (%)) | ||||
Transthoracic | 43 (72) | 22 (79) | 21 (66) | 0.27 |
Transhiatial | 17 (28) | 6 (21) | 11 (33) | |
Surgery duration (median (IQR) hours) | 5.0 (1.19) | 5.0 (1.5) | 5.0 (1.4) | 0.32 |
Blood loss (median (IQR) mLs) | 742.93 (475.03) | 757.59 (493.16) | 729.06 (465.85) | 0.93 |
Postoperative recovery | ||||
Hospital LOS (median (IQR) days) | 17.5 (13.0) | 17.0 (8.0) | 18.0 (15) | 0.87 |
Critical care LOS (median (IQR) days) | 4.0 (3.0) | 4.0 (3.75) | 4.0 (2.75) | 1.00 |
Intubated (n (%)) | 7 (12) | 3 (11) | 4 (13) | N/A |
Postoperative complications (n (%)) | ||||
Pulmonary complications | 20 (33) | 9 (32) | 11 (34) | 0.86 |
Anastomotic leak | 2 (3) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (3.1) | 1.00 |
Vocal cord paralysis | 2 (3) | 0 | 2 (6.3) | 0.49 |
Chyle leak | 3 (5) | 3 (11) | 0 | 0.09 |
Wound infection | 6 (10) | 3 (11) | 3 (9) | 1.00 |
Cardiac complications | 9 (15) | 3 (11) | 6 (19) | 0.48 |
CCI (median (IQR) score) | 8.7 (20.9) | 0.0 (20.9) | 8.7 (26.2) | 0.31 |
In-hospital mortality (n (%)) | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
P-value for difference between groups at baseline. P-value = N/A data violated assumptions for Chi-Squared analysis. ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; CCI, comprehensive complications index; IQR, interquartile range; LOS, length of stay; SD, standard deviation;