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Table 3 Comparison of postoperative complications between the early and late phases

From: Nutritional benefit of remnant gastric preservation in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing radical esophagectomy and ileo-colon interposition

Categories

Early phase (n = 35)

Late phase (n = 29)

P value

Overall morbidity (C–D grade ≥ 2)

23 (65%)

19 (65%)

1.000

Overall morbidity (C–D grade ≥ 3a)

19 (54%)

16 (55%)

1.000

Anastomotic leakage

3 (9%)

6 (20%)

0.278

Anastomotic stenosis

17 (48%)

6 (20%)

0.035

Respiratory complications

7 (20%)

4 (13%)

0.740

Graft loss

0 (0%)

2 (6%)

0.201

  1.  C–D Clavien–Dindo classification