Table 3.

Outcomes of patients undergoing oesophago-gastric resectional surgery between 1 May and 31 June 2020

	All cases	Oesophagectomy			Gastrectomy
	n = 158	All n = 71	Open n = 12	Minimally invasive n = 59	All n = 82	Open n = 54	Minimally invasive n = 28
Complications (any grade) (%)	94 (59.49%)	49 (69.01%)	9 (75.00%)	40 (67.80%)	45 (54.88%)	37 (68.52%)	8 (28.57%)
Worst Clavien–Dindo grade
1 (%)	21 (13.29%)	4 (5.63%)	2 (16.67%)	2 (3.39%)	17 (20.73%)	14 (25.93%)	3 (10.71%)
2 (%)	44 (27.85%)	24 (33.80%)	5 (41.67%)	19 (32.20%)	20 (24.39%)	17 (31.48%)	3 (10.71%)
3 (%)	16 (10.13%)	10 (14.08%)	1 (8.33%)	9 (15.25%)	6 (7.32%)	4 (7.41%)	2 (7.14%)
4 (%)	12 (7.59%)	11 (15.49%)	1 (8.33%)	10 (16.95%)	1 (1.22%)	1 (1.85%)	0
5 (%)	1 (0.63%)	0	0	0	1 (1.22%)	1 (1.85%)	0
Mean CCI	15.6	23.0	23.8	22.9	9.3	11.5	5.0
Standard deviation	19.3	20.5	20.8	20.4	16.4	17.9	12.2
95% confidence interval	12.52–18.59	13.14–32.89	6.24–43.10	7.71–38.01	5.30–13.30	−3.76–26.79	−1.81–11.88
COVID-19 infection
Not tested (%)	116 (73.42%)	56 (78.87%)	11 (91.67%)	45 (76.27%)	60(73.17%)	38 (70.37%)	22 (78.57%)
Tested negative (%)	37 (23.41%)	13 (18.31%)	1 (8.33%)	14 (23.73%)	22 (26.83%)	16 (29.63%)	6 (21.43%)
Tested positive (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Respiratory complications	55 (34.81%)	37 (52.11%)	5 (41.67%)	32 (54.24%)	18 (21.95%)	13 (24.07%)	5 (17.86%)
Pneumonia (%)	24 (15.19%)	12 (16.90%)	2 (16.67%)	10 (16.95%)	12 (14.63%)	7 (12.96%)	5(17.86%)
Pneumothorax (%)	5 (3.16%)	4(5.63%)	0	4(6.78%)	1 (1.22%)	1 (1.85%)	0
Pleural effusion requiring additional drainage procedure (%)	15 (9.49%)	13 (18.31%)	3 (25.00%)	10 (16.95%)	2 (2.44%)	2 (3.70%)	0
Acute aspiration (%)	2 (1.27%)a	2 (2.82%)	0	2 (3.39%)	0	0	0
Chest tube drainage for > 10 days post-op (%)	1 (0.63%)	1 (1.41%)	0	1 (1.69%)	0	0	0
Respiratory failure requiring re-intubation (%)	8 (5.06%)	5 (7.04%)	0	5 (8.47%)	3 (3.66%)	3 (5.56%)	0

^aOne patient who had their procedure abandoned suffered this complication

CCI comprehensive complication index