Esophageal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer between July 2010 and March 2019 were identified from a Japanese nationwide inpatient database.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were as follows: age <18 years, combined surgery for laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer, missing data on body mass index, having received general anesthesia on the day after esophagectomy, and discharge on the day of or the day after esophagectomy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| respiratory complications | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| prolonged intubation, reintubation, anastomotic leakage, other major complications, in-hospital mortality, postoperative length of stay, and hospitalization costs | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery