Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Overall n = 38 (%)
Gender
Female	14 (36.8%)
Male	24 (62.2%)
Age in years, median (range)	68.6 (43–87)
BMI, median (range)	27 (20–37)
ASA score
1	–
2	17 (44.7%)
3	21 (55.3%)
4	–
Location of tumor
Upper third	7 (18.4%)
Middle third	11 (28.9%)
Lower third	20 (52.6%)
Tumor stage
I	20 (52.6%)
II	8 (21.1%)
II	9 (23.7%)
IV	1 (2.6%)
Histological Lauren subtype
Intestinal	20 (52.6%)
Diffused and mixed	18 (47.4%)

BMI body mass index; ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists