Table 2 Perioperative outcomes of patients with esophageal cancer after thoracoscopic esophagectomy
Before matching | After matching | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Classical group | ICG circular group | P value | Classical group | ICG circular group | P value | |
(n = 82) | (n = 39) | (n = 33) | (n = 33) | |||
Abdominal approach | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
Open | 34 (42%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (46%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Laparoscopic | 48 (59%) | 39 (100%) | 18 (55%) | 33 (100%) | ||
Lymph node dissection | 0.180 | 1.000 | ||||
Two-field | 18 (22%) | 13 (33%) | 10 (30%) | 10 (30%) | ||
Three-field | 64 (78%) | 26 (67%) | 23 (70%) | 23 (70%) | ||
Route of reconstruction | 0.070 | 0.131 | ||||
Retrosternal | 68 (83%) | 37 (95%) | 27 (82%) | 31 (94%) | ||
Posterior mediastinal | 14 (17%) | 2 (5%) | 6 (18%) | 2 (6%) | ||
Shape of the gastric tube | 0.001 | 0.003 | ||||
Wide | 21 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (24%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Narrow | 61 (74%) | 39 (100%) | 25 (76%) | 33 (100%) | ||
Total operative time (min) | 634 ± 89 | 617 ± 53 | 0.573 | 638 ± 100 | 616 ± 51 | 0.753 |
Volume of blood loss (mL) | 186 ± 219 | 103 ± 97 | 0.038 | 251 ± 298 | 93 ± 89 | 0.009 |
Postoperative complications | ||||||
Anastomotic leakage | 28 (34%) | 3 (8%) | 0.002 | 13 (39%) | 3 (9%) | 0.004 |
Anastomotic stenosis | 29 (35%) | 8 (21%) | 0.097 | 15 (46%) | 7 (21%) | 0.037 |
Pneumonia | 18 (22%) | 11 (28%) | 0.451 | 8 (24%) | 9 (27%) | 0.778 |
Recurrent nerve paralysis | 14 (17%) | 2 (5%) | 0.070 | 7 (21%) | 2 (6%) | 0.073 |
Postoperative hospital stay | 29 (22–44) | 20 (16–28) | < 0.001 | 30 (25–44) | 20 (17–28) | < 0.001 |