Robot-Assisted Hybrid Esophagectomy Is Associated with a Shorter Length of Stay Compared to Conventional Transthoracic Esophagectomy: A Retrospective Study
Table 2
Comparison of pre-, peri-, and postoperative data between cohorts.
Conventional ()
HMIE ()
value
Age
65 (28–88)
66 (39–86)
0.65
Gender
(i) Male
125 (78%)
50 (88%)
(ii) Female
35 (22%)
6 (12%)
0.12
BMI
26.6 (15.6–43.7)
25.8 (18.8–31.2)
0.19
ASA-score
(i) ASA 1 (%)
41 (26%)
17 (30%)
0.73
(ii) ASA 2 (%)
80 (50%)
28 (50%)
1
(iii) ASA 3 (%)
39 (24%)
12 (21%)
0.72
(iv) ASA 4 (%)
0 (0%)
1 (2%)
Operating time (minutes)
248 (100–420)
232 (174–800)
0.2
Blood loss (ml)
600 (100–4400)
200 (50–1970)
<0.001
Harvested lymph nodes
23 (11–60)
28 (15–61)
0.002
Length of stay (days)
11.5 (8–101)
10 (8–69)
0.03
CCI-score
20.9 (0–100)
12.2 (0–100)
0.22
Complications
(i) ≥Grade I complications (%)
122 (76%)
37 (65%)
0.12
(ii) ≥Grade II complications (%)
91 (57%)
22 (39%)
0.02
(iii) ≥Grade III complications (%)
51 (32%)
14 (25%)
0.32
Anastomotic insufficiency
11 (7%)
4 (7%)
1
30-day mortality (%)
3 (2%)
0 (0%)
0.57
90-day mortality (%)
5 (3%)
3 (5%)
0.43
HMIE: hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy; CCI: comprehensive complication index. These scores are generated from http://www.assessurgery.com/about_cci-calculator/; continuous covariates are presented with median and minimum and maximum values; complications are graded according to the Clavien-Dindo score. The numbers represents the proportion of patients experiencing one or more complications of at least the grade indicated in the table.
