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Table 2 Patients’ postoperative findings

From: Comparison of end-to-side hand-sewn and side-to-side stapled cervical esophagogastric anastomosis in patients with lower thoracic esophageal cancer undergoing transhiatal esophagectomy: an Iranian retrospective cohort study

Anastomosis type

Hand-sewn

(n = 271)

Stapled anastomosis

(n = 162)

P value

Operation time (minute)

250.55 ± 43.31

214.46 ± 84.33

0.028

Morbidity

Anastomotic leakage

38 (14.02%)

8 (4.93%)

0.002

Minor

37 (13.6%)

7 (4.32%)

 

Major

1 (0.32%)

1 (0.61%)

Pneumonia

20 (7.38%)

15 (9.25%)

0.1

Pleural effusion

21 (7.74%)

11 (6.79%)

0.63

Pneumothorax

13 (4.79%)

7 (4.32%)

0.81

Chylothorax

5 (1.84%)

4 (2.46%)

0.23

ARDS

3 (1.1%)

0

0.24

RLN injury

4 (1.47%)

1 (0.61%)

0.38

Arrhythmia

9 (3.32%)

11 (6.79%)

0.07

Wound infection

5 (1.84%)

3 (1.85%)

0.63

Others

13 (4.79%)

12 (7.4%)

0.054

Mortality

Hospital mortality

7 (2.58%)

4 (2.46%)

0.60

30-day mortality

1 (0.36%)

1 (0.61%)

0.57

90-day mortality

2 (0.73%)

0

0.48

Hospital stay (Days)

19.5 + 7.2

18.5 + 7.7

0.17

ICU stay (Days)

9.7 + 7.5

9.1 + 7.2

0.42

Malignant anastomotic Stricture

3 (1.1%)

2 (1.23%)

0.61

Pathologic positive margin

2 (0.73%)

2 (1.23%)

0.48

Reoperation

Chylothorax

1 (0.36%)

2 (1.23%)

0.31

Tracheal injury

2 (0.73%)

0

0.39

Conduit necrosis

1 (0.36%)

1 (0.61%)

0.60

Non anastomotic leak

0

2 (1.23%)

0.13

  1. Patients’ postoperative outcomes in hand-sewn and stapled anastomosis groups