Table 3.
Perioperative data.
| Total | Type of surgery | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=95 | RAMIE (n=71) | MIE (n=24) | ||
|
Characteristics of surgery
Length of surgery, minutes (median, [IQR]) |
395.0 [360.5-449.0] |
395.0 [351.0-448.5] |
399.5 [367.5-456.0] |
0.6685 |
| Blood loss, ml (median, [IQR]) | 275 [] | 250 [200-400] | 400 [200-500] | 0.1258 |
| Blood transfusion | 9 (9.9%) | 5 (7.6%) | 4 (17.4%) | 0.2228 |
| Anastomotic technique | 0.0406 | |||
| Linear stapling | 63 (66.3%) | 44 (62.0%) | 19 (79.2%) | |
| Circular stapling | 32 (33.7%) | 27 (38.0%) | 5 (20.8%) | |
| Length of stay, days | ||||
| ICU (median, [IQR]) | 4 [3-9] | 4 [3-6.5] | 7 [4-18.5] | 0.0280 |
| Total (median, [IQR]) | 17 [11-28] | 15 [11-25.5] | 26 [13.8-61] | 0.0012 |
|
Complications
Any complication |
56 (59.0%) |
37 (52.1%) |
19 (79.2%) |
0.0198 |
| Clavien Dindo | 0.0188 | |||
| 0 | 39 (41.1%) | 34 (47.9%) | 5 (20.8%) | |
| 1 | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (4.2%) | |
| 2 | 10 (10.5%) | 9 (12.7%) | 1 (4.2%) | |
| 3a + 3b | 29 (30.5%) | 19 (20.0%) | 10 (41.7%) | |
| 4a + 4b | 12 (12.6%) | 6 (6.3%) | 6 (25.0%) | |
| 5 | 4 (4.2%) | 3 (4.2%) | 1 (4.2%) | |
| CCI (median, [IQR]) | 20.9 [0-43.2] | 20.9 [0-27.9] | 38.6 [19.1-55.6] | 0.0065 |
| Surgical complications | 48 (50.5%) | 30 (42.3%) | 18 (75.0%) | 0.0055 |
| Anastomotic leakage | 27 (28.4%) | 15 (21.1%) | 12 (50.0%) | 0.0067 |
| Anastomotic technique | 0.6885 | |||
| Linear stapling | 18 (18.9%) | 10 (14.1%) | 8 (33.3%) | |
| Circular stapling | 9 (9.5%) | 5 (7.0%) | 4 (16.7%) | |
| Medical complications | 31 (41.7%) | 21 (29.6%) | 10 (41.7%) | 0.3181 |
| Cardiac complications | 16 (16.8%) | 10 (14.1%) | 6 (25.0%) | 0.2228 |
| Pulmonary complications | 22 (23.2%) | 15 (21.1%) | 7 (29.2%) | 0.4157 |
RAMIE, robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy; MIE, minimally invasive esophagectomy; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; ICU, intensive care unit; CCI, comprehensive complication index; p<0.05 are marked in bold.