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Table 2 Comparative analysis of postoperative course

From: Perioperative chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiation for patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus in Austria: a retrospective analysis

 

CROSS

n = 53

EOX

n = 51

p value

Complicated postoperative course

17 (32.1)

19 (37.3)

0.781

Anastomotic leakagea

9 (17.0)

12 (23.5)

0.807

Pneumoniab

4 (7.5)

4 (7.8)

0.920

Chyle leakc

3 (5.7)

2 (3.9)

0.888

Cardiac arrythmiad

1 (1.9)

1 (2.0)

1.000

  1. Data are numbers of patients with percentages in parentheses
  2. aAnastomotic leakage included all clinical and radiological findings of anastomotic dehiscence or fistula
  3. bPneumonia was defined by the universal pneumonia score [17]
  4. cChyle leak was defined as elevated levels of triglycerides in intrathoracic fluid requiring treatment
  5. dCardiac arrhythmia were defined as any change in rhythm on an electrocardiogram requiring treatment