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Table 2 Patient demographic, clinical, and operative data

From: Feasibility research of enhanced recovery after surgery implemented in esophageal cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Characteristic

NACT (n=52)

Non-NACT (n=271)

P

Age

 

64.35±5.77

63.59±8.54

0.542

Sex

Male

45 (86.5)

222 (81.9)

0.420

Female

7 (13.5)

49 (18.1)

 

Smoking

Yes

35 (67.3)

165 (60.9)

0.382

No

17 (32.7)

106 (39.1)

 

Drinking

Yes

34 (65.4)

155 (57.2)

0.272

No

18 (34.6)

116 (42.8)

 

Comorbidity

 

26 (50.0)

124 (45.8)

0.574

KPS

 

80.77±8.37

80.37±6.31

0.693

PNI

 

48.30±4.51

51.21±5.01

<.001**

ASA status

I

4 (7.7)

39 (14.4)

0.264

II

40 (76.9)

205 (75.6)

 

III

8 (15.4)

27 (10.0)

 

Lymphadenectomy

2D

5 (9.6)

35 (12.9)

0.508

2D+

47 (90.4)

236 (87.1)

 

Operation duration

 

224.10±29.58

210.76±29.21

0.003**

Estimated blood loss

 

121.73±33.65

111.88±42.56

0.116

Tumor location†‡

Upper

11 (21.2)

45 (16.6)

0.439

Middle

20 (38.5)

111 (41.0)

 

Lower

11 (21.2)

81 (29.9)

 

Upper and middle

5 (9.6)

21 (7.7)

 

Middle and lower

5 (9.6)

13 (4.8)

 
  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy, PNI physical status, prognostic nutritional index, KPS Karnofsky Performance Status Scale, 2D two-field dissection, 2D+, two-field+ dissection
  2. Numbers in parentheses are the percentages. The location of the tumor in the thoracic esophagus
  3. P < 0.01