Table 1 Patient and cancer characteristics
Patient characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
Demographics | Gender | 13 F/49 M |
Age (years) | 60 (27–84) | |
Symptoms at diagnosis | Weight loss (kg) | 4.5 (0–22) |
Dysphonia (pts) | 7 (11.3%) | |
Pain (pts) | 33 (53.2%) | |
Burning (pts) | 11 (17.7%) | |
Reflux (pts) | 18 (29.0%) | |
Comorbidities | Cardiologic comorbidities | 32 (51.6%) |
Pulmonary comorbidities | 14 (22.6%) | |
Hepatic comorbidities | 3 (4.8%) | |
Psychiatric comorbidities | 2 (3.2%) | |
Cancer characteristics | ||
Cancer site | Upper esophagus (pts) | 2 (3.2%) |
Medium esophagus (pts) | 8 (12.9%) | |
Lower esophagus (pts) | 52 (83.9%) | |
Histotype | Adenocarcinoma (pts) | 43 (69.4%) |
Squamous cell carcinoma (pts) | 19 (30.6%) | |
Pathological stage | ||
pT (pts) | pN (pts) | pM (pts) |
T0 12 | N0 34 | M0 59 |
T1 10 | N1 12 | M1 3 |
T2 9 | N2 6 | |
T3 26 | N3 8 | |
T4 5 | ||
Esophagectomy | ||
Surgical details | Cervical anastomosis/thoracic anastomosis (pts) | 14 (22.6%)/48 (77.4%) |
Laparoscopy (pts)/thoracoscopy (pts) | 6 (9.7%)/2 (3.2%) | |
Feeding jejunostomy (pts) | 31 (50%) | |
Performing time (min) | 428 (210–695) | |
Selective lung exclusion (when performed) (min) | 166 (65–390) | |
Esophagectomy complications | Anastomotic leaks (pts) | 3 (4.8%) |
Cardiologic complication (pts) | 7 (11.3%) | |
Pulmonary complications (pts) | 13 (21.0%) | |
Urinary complication (pts) | 4 (6.5%) | |
Recurrent nerve lesions (pts) | 4 (6.5%) | |