Transhiatal and transthoracic resection in adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: Does the operative approach have an influence on the long-term prognosis?

Table 4 Prognosis

	operative approach	n	median survival (months)	5-year survival rate	p-value
total	TT	46	16	13.6%	0.018
	TH	103	24	32.1%
curative (R0)	TT	36	17	17.6%	0.045
	TH	94	28	35.1%
palliative (R1)	TT	10	9	-	0.778
	TH	8	8	-
R0 pN0	TT	9	27	22.2%	0.072
	TH	40	67	54.1%
R0 pN1	TT	26	14	14.3%	0.430 a
	<19 thor. LN	12	17	16.7%	0.829 b
	>/ = 19 thor. LN	14	8	-
	TH	51	16	22,4%	0.703 c
R0 pN1 T1-2	TT	4	14	25.0%	0.357
	TH	21	28	33.3%
R0 pN1 T3-4	TT	22	9	12.2%	0.793
	TH	30	10	-
R0 pN1 ASA 1–2	TT	11	16	20.0%	0.345
	TH	23	19	33.3%
R0pN1 ASA 3–4	TT	15	9	10.3%	0.999
	TH	25	10	-
R0 middle third	TT	4	5	25%	0.931
(tumor localization)	TH	8	24	15%
R0 lower third	TT	32	17	17.1%	0.044
(tumor localization)	TH	86	30	37.9%

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