Quality of life after three kinds of esophagectomy for cancer

Table 1 Clinical data of 90 patients undergoing esophagectomy and intra- and postoperative variables in 90 esophagectomies

	Esophagectomy type
	Left transthoracic	Ivor Lewis	Combined thoracoscopic/laparoscopic
Clinical data
Patients (n)	30	30	30
Sex
Male	20	19	21
Female	10	11	9
Mean age (yr)	62.6 ± 8.4	58.4 ± 10.4	66.2 ± 9.8
Average tumor length (cm)	4.2	5.6	4.1
Intrathoracic anastomoses (n)	30	22	0
Left cervical anastomoses (n)	0	8	30
Clinical staging
I	3	2	0
II	11	9	13
III	16	19	17
IV	0	0	0
Intra- and postoperative variables
Operation time (min)	143 ± 23	287 ± 49	306 ± 67
Blood loss (mL)	210 ± 97	245 ± 46	276 ± 89
Postoperative complications (n)
Anastomotic fistula	0	1	3
Chylothorax	0	1	0
Incision infection	0	1	0