Table 3. Characteristics of lymphadenectomy.

Variable	Sweet group (n=75)	Ivor Lewis group (n=75)	P value
Lymph node dissection
Station
Total	4.45±1.66	6.48±1.97	<0.001
Abdominal	1.61±0.81	2.97±1.42	<0.001
Thoracic	2.87±1.41	3.51±1.41	0.006
Number
Total	16.08±8.32	24.65±7.97	<0.001
Abdominal	5.96±4.16	12.49±6.83	<0.001
Thoracic	10.12±7.04	11.93±5.69	0.09
Dissected ≥15 lymph nodes, N=111 (74%)	43 (57.33%)	68 (90.67%)	<0.001