Parameters N %
Location: Upper esophagus Mid esophagus GEJ I GEJ II 3 13 10 8 9 38 29 24
Treatment: Preop CTRTa – Sb S S – CTc S – CTRT 3 28 1 2 9 82 3 6
Approach: Lapd Lap – thoracotomy Lap THEe VATSf – Lap – Neck VATS – Laparotomy – neck Lap – Thoracotomy - Neck 1 1 4 4 5 19 3 3 12 12 14 56
Level of anastomosis: Chest Neck 2 32 6 94
Nodal dissection: Sampling 2- FDg Extended 2 – FD Total 2 – FD 4 20 2 4 13 67 7 13
Route of reconstruction: Transmediastinal Retrosternal 33 1 97 3
aChemoradiation, bSurgery, cChemotherapy, dLaparoscopy, eTranshiatal esophagectomy, fVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, gtwo-field lymph node dissection.
Table 1: Basic parameters.