|  | Adverse event rates (No. of patients who suffered adverse events/No. of patients who received esophagectomy) | |||||||||
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Study | No. of patients | A.leak* | CV compl.* | Del. gastric emptying* | Mortality | Pneumon.* | Pulm. compl.* | Pulm. embol.* | Small bowel perf.* | Strictures | Wound infec.* |
Comparative studies | |||||||||||
Prasad GA, et al. (2007)[21] | 70 | 0% (0/70) | 0% (0/70) | 0% (0/70) | 1.4% (1/70) | 0% (0/70) | 0% (0/70) | 0% (0/70) | 0% (0/70) | 12.9% (9/70) | 0% (0/70) |
Reed MF, et al. (2005)[20] | 49 | 4.1% (2/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) | 2.0% (1/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) | 0% (0/49) |
Thomas T, et al. (2005)[55] | 8 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Non-comparative studies | |||||||||||
Ferguson MK, et al. (1997)[107] | 15 | 73.3% (11/15) | 20.0% (3/15) | 0% (0/15) | 0% (0/15) | 0% (0/15) | 26.7% (4/15) | 0% (0/15) | 0% (0/15) | 0% (0/15) | 33.3% (5/15) |
Nguyen NT, et al. (2000)[108] | 12 | 0% (0/12) | 0% (0/12) | 25.0% (3/12) | 0% (0/12) | 0% (0/12) | 16.7% (2/12) | 0% (0/12) | 8.3% (1/12) | 0% (0/12) | 8.3% (1/12) |
Romagnoli R (2003)[109] | 33 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Sujendran V, et al. (2005)[110] | 17 | 17.6% (3/17) | 0% (0/17) | 0% (0/17) | 0% (0/17) | 17.6% (3/17) | 5.9% (1/17) | 0% (0/17) | 0% (0/17) | 0% (0/17) | 0% (0/17) |
Thomson BNJ & Cade RJ (2003)[111] | 7 | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 14.3% (1/7) | 0% (0/7) | 0% (0/7) | 14.3% (1/7) |
Pooled total | 211 | 9.4% (16/170) 0-73.3%‡ | 1.8% (3/170) 0-20.0%‡ | 1.8% (3/170) 0-25.0%‡ | 1.2% (2/170) 0-2.0%‡ | 1.8% (3/170) 0-17.6%‡ | 4.1% (7/170) 0-26.7%‡ | 0.6% (1/170) 0-14.3%‡ | 0.6% (1/170) 0-8.3%‡ | 5.3% (9/170) 0-12.9%‡ | 4.1% (7/170) 0-33.3%‡ |