Table 2.
Surgical findings (n=220)
|
n
/median
(%/IQR) |
|
|---|---|
| Surgical technique | |
| RAMIE (abd. + tho. rob.) | 189 (85.9) |
| Conversion (tho.) | 8 (4.2) |
| Conversion (abd.) | 6 (3.2) |
| hRAMIE (only tho. rob.) | 25 (11.4) |
| Conversion (tho.) | 1 (4.0) |
| hRAMIE (only abd. rob.) | 6 (2.7) |
| Conversion (abd.) | 1 (16.7) |
| Reasons for hybrid procedure | |
| Approach learning phase | 14 |
| Extended lymphadenectomy | 4 |
| Adhesions/former surgery | 4 |
| Infiltration of adjacent structures | 3 |
| Tumor bleeding | 2 |
| Others | 4 |
| Reasons for conversion | |
| Adhesions | 5 |
| Bleeding | 4 |
| Situs | 2 |
| Technical problems | 2 |
| Others | 3 |
| Extended l ung resection | 7 (3.2) |
| Wedge | 6 (85.7) |
| Lobe | 1 (14.3) |
| Extended l ymphadenectomy | 100 (45.5) |
| Cervical | 1 (1.0) |
| Mediastinal region 2–4 | 99 (99.0) |
| Simultaneous jejunostomy feeding tube | 75 (34.1) |
| Stapler size esophagogastrostomy | |
| 25 mm | 34 (15.5) |
| 28 mm | 81 (37.0) |
| 29 mm | 103 (47.0) |
| 33 mm | 1 (0.5) |
| Blood loss [ml] | 200 (80–400) |
| Operative time [min] | 425 (335–527) |
| R status | |
| 0 | 196 (92.9) |
| 1 | 15 (7.1) |
| Resected lymph nodes | 25 (19–30) |
RAMIE robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy, hRAMIE hybrid RAMIE, abd. abdomen, tho. thorax, rob. robotic-assisted, n (%) median (IQR)