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Table 1 Basic clinical characteristics

From: An improved method for gastric tube and anastomotic anvil placement during thoracoscopic and laparoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

Characteristics

Improved group (n = 37)

Traditional group (n = 35)

P value

Age (years)

56.5 ± 10.2

53.9 ± 9.7

0.279

Gender (male/female)

25/12

24/11

0.927

Smoking

27

21

0.243

Drinking

18

16

0.803

Tumor location (middle/lower)

6/31

9/26

0.321

Pathologic stage

 I

11

8

0.445

 II

19

23

 III

7

4

Histological type

 Squamous cell

32

33

0.472

 Adenocarcinoma

5

2

 Comorbidities#

3

6

0.422

  1. #Hypertension, diabetes, etc.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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