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Table 2 Perioperative clinical data of patients with esophageal cancer

From: Laparoscopic gastric dissociation using a two-port approach in minimally invasive esophagectomy

Outcomes

Propensity-matched patients

 

Modified two-port McKeown procedure (n = 91)

Traditional five-port McKeown procedure (n = 91)

p-value

Total operative time (min)

230.44 ± 46.31

237.74 ± 45.46

0.285

Laparoscopic operative time (min)

48.40 ± 13.33

45.75 ± 10.65

0.140

Blood loss during laparoscopic surgery (mL)

16.87 ± 18.93

15.88 ± 17.62

0.716

Number of dissected celiac lymph nodes

7.69 ± 3.37

8.56 ± 6.54

0.262

Number of positive celiac lymph nodes

0.36 ± 1.01

0.64 ± 1.32

0.116

Histology

  

0.015

Squamous cell carcinoma

88 (96.7%)

79 (86.8%)

 

Adenocarcinoma or others

3 (3.3%)

12 (13.2%)

 

T stage

  

0.398

  T1

29 (31.9%)

22 (24.2%)

 

  T2

13 (14.3%)

17 (18.7%)

 

  T3

49 (53.8%)

52 (57.1%)

 

N stage

  

0.737

  N0

52 (57.1%)

52 (57.1%)

 

  N1

24 (26.4%)

23 (25.3%)

 

  N2

12 (13.2%)

10 (11.0%)

 

  N3

3 (3.3%)

6 (6.6%)

 

Nerve invasion

45 (49.5%)

42 (46.2%)

0.658

Vascular invasion

38 (41.8%)

31 (34.1%)

0.287

PC

  

0.563

  Pulmonary inflammation

8 (8.8%)

8 (8.8%)

 

  Anastomotic leakage

3 (3.3%)

7 (7.7%)

 

  Persistent air leakage

1 (1.1%)

2 (2.2%)

 

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

10.21 ± 4.23

10.22 ± 4.24

0.986

Hospitalization cost (yuan)

58,371.2 ± 3213.6

57,896.5 ± 4234.3

0.325

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%)
  2. PC, postoperative complication