Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Postoperative Complications (n = 300)
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age a (y) | 67.6 ± 9.1 |
| Sex (Male/Female) | 252 (84%)/48 (16%) |
| Performance Status (0/1/2/3) | 32 (10.7%)/246 (82.0%)/21 (7.0%)/1 (0.3%) |
| Tumor location (Ut/Mt/Lt) | 43 (14.3%)/171 (57.0%)/86 (28.7％) |
| Clinical stage b (I/II/III/IV) | 72 (24%)/42 (14%)/155 (51.7%)/31 (10.3%) |
| Histological tumor type (SCC/AC) | 295 (98.3%)/5 (1.67%) |
| Preoperative therapy (CT/CRT/None) | 189 (63%)/30 (10%)/81 (27%) |
| Thoracic approach (Right thoracotomy/Thoracoscopic) | 210 (70%)/90 (30%) |
| Lymph node dissection (Two fields/Three fields) | 85 (28.3%)/215 (71.7%) |
| Route of reconstruction (Substernal/Posterior mediastinal) | 49 (16.3%)/251 (83.7%) |
| Operative time (minutes) a | 378 ± 92.0 |
| Blood loss (g) a | 183 ± 99.6 |
| Postoperative complications | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Early‐phase complications | |
| Anastomotic leakage | 2 (0.67) |
| Vocal cord palsy | 33 (12.0) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 21 (7.0) |
| Delirium | 10 (3.3) |
| Pneumonia | 9 (3.0) |
| Chylothorax | 9 (3.0) |
| Pulmonary thromboembolism | 3 (1.0) |
| Ileus | 3 (1.0) |
| Postoperative bleeding | 2 (0.67) |
| Hepatic portal venous gas | 1 (0.33) |
| Sick sinus syndrome | 1 (0.33) |
| Esophageal hiatal hernia | 1 (0.33) |
| Air leakage | 1 (0.33) |
| Reoperation: air leakage, chylothorax, esophageal hiatal hernia | 3 (1.0) |
| Hospital mortality | 0 (0.0) |
| Late‐phase complications | |
| Stenosis of anastomotic site | 15 (5.0) |
| Nausea | 11 (3.7) |
| Dumping syndrome | 7 (2.3) |
| Ulceration of subtotal gastric tube | 1 (0.33) |
Abbreviations: Ut, Upper esophagus; Mt, Middle esophagus; Lt, Lower esophagus; SCC, Squamous cell carcinoma; AC, adenocarcinoma; CT, Chemotherapy; CRT, Chemoradiotherapy.
a
Mean ± standard deviation.
b
TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors, 7th ed.