Table 2.

Surgical features and pathological characteristics

	N = 38
D2/D2 + lymphdenectomy	36/2
Combined resection [n (%)]	1
R0/R1-2 resection [n (%)]	36/2
Tumor size (cm, mean ± SD)	3.6 ± 1.9
No. of retrieved lymph nodes (mean ± SD)	46.0 ± 14.3
(y) pT category [n (%)]
ypT0	6(15.8)
(y)pT1	9(23.7)
(y)pT2	8(21.1)
(y)pT3	12(31.6)
(y)pT4	3(7.9)
(y) pN category [n (%)]
(y)pN0	27(71.1)
(y)pN1	1(2.6)
(y)pN2	5(13.2)
(y)pN3a	4(10.5)
(y)pN3b	1(2.6)
(y) pM category [n (%)]
(y)pM0	37(97.4)
(y)p M1	1(2.6)
R1/R2 proximal resection margin [n (%)]	0
Proximal margin (cm, M (range))	2.0(0.1–10.0)
Conversion to open surgery [n (%)]	0
Conversion to other laparoscopic anastomosis techniques [n (%)]	0
Total operative time (min, mean ± SD)	317.6 ± 51.5
Esophagojejunostomy time† (min, mean ± SD)	20.8 ± 3.8
Insert anvil fork into esophageal lumen at first attempt [n (%)]	37(97.4)
Attempts of inserting fork into esophagus (M(IQR))	1(1–2)
Intraoperative complications [n (%)]	2(5.3)
Jejunum was punctured	1(2.6)
Pleural was torn	1(2.6)
Intraoperative anastomotic trouble	0
Blood loss (mL, M(range))	50.0(15.0–200.0)
Incision length (cm, M(range))	5.0(4.0–8.0)

^†OGT-assisted Overlap esophagojejunostomy time: defined as time from making the entry hole for the anastomosis on the esophageal stump to the common entry hole was closed