No Complications (n=156) Complications (n=148) P value
Median Age (Years) 66 66 P=0.807
Sex Male 102 119 P=0.282
Female 54 29 P=0.008
Tumour location Oesophagus 47 62 P=0.353
OGJ 38 38 P=0.238
Stomach 71 47 P=0.039
Type of resection Ivor Lewis esophagectomy 59 69 P=0.426
Transhiatal esophagectomy 11 15 P=0.556
McKeown 3 stage Subtotal esophagectomy 4 10 P=0.180
Gastrectomy 82 54 P=0.021
Multivisceral resection Spleen +/- Pancreas 9 8  
Bowel 3 0  
Gall Bladder 4 4  
Other 2 4  
UICC Stage 0 5 6 P=1.0
Stage I 36 34 P=0.812
Stage II 43 52 P=0.470
Stage III 65 43 P=0.053
Stage IV 7 13 P=0.189
Resection margin R0 110 108 P=0.892
R1 35 33 P=1.0
R2 11 7 P=0.629
LN Resection Median LN resection (Range) 16 (3-58) 16 (1-64) P=0.155
Positive 1(1-23) 1 (1-43)  
Median operating time minutes (range) 300 (90-540) 345 (95-570) P=0.194
Median Hospital Stay in days (Range) 13 (5-64) 20 (3-172) P<0.001
Median ITU Stay in days (Range) 2 (1-9) 4 (1-56) P<0.001
Table 1: Patients characteristics