Table 2.
Postoperative morbidity of patients with a distal esophageal or gastro-esophageal junction cancer operated with either transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy
| TTE (N = 132) | THE (N = 56) | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative complications | No | 71 | (53.8) | 26 | (46.4) | 0.356 | |
| Yes | 61 | (46.2) | 30 | (53.6) | |||
| Anastomotic leakage | 18 | (13.7) | 13 | (23.2) | 0.111 | ||
| Pneumonia | 19 | (14.4) | 7 | (12.5) | 0.731 | ||
| Atrial fibrillation | 27 | (20.6) | 6 | (10.9) | 0.114 | ||
| Other | 51 | (38.6) | 20 | (35.7) | 0.705 | ||
| Clavien-Dindo classification | Grade 0 | 65 | (49.2) | 26 | (46.4) | 0.178 | |
| Grade 1 | 7 | (5.3) | 6 | (10.7) | |||
| Grade 2 | 25 | (18.9) | 15 | (26.8) | |||
| Grade 3A | 14 | (10.6) | 4 | (7.1) | |||
| Grade 3B | 0 | 0 | 2 | (3.6) | |||
| Grade 4A | 18 | (13.6) | 3 | (5.4) | |||
| Grade 4B | 3 | (2.3) | 0 | 0 | |||
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated