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Table 4 Postoperative complications

From: Long-term outcomes and safety of radical transmediastinal esophagectomy with preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil combination chemotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Complications

Clavien-Dindo classification

I

II

IIIa

IIIb

%IIIa/IIIb

Early complications (In hospital)

 Chylothorax

0

0

0

3

18.8

 RLN paralysis

2

0

1

0

6.3

 Pneumonia

0

2

0

0

0

 Deep vein thrombosis

0

1

0

0

0

Late complications (After discharge)

 Anastomotic stricture

0

0

6

0

37.5

  1. RLN recurrent laryngeal nerve