Table 6: Comparison of morbidity and mortality between MIE-PP and -LP.

Author

 

Intraoperative complication

Morbidity (%)

 

Mortality

 
 

(%)

P

Pneumonia

P

RLNP

P

Leak

P

Any

P

 

(%)

P

 

Fabian [69]

PP

4.8

NS

8

NS

0

NS

4

NS

48

NS

 

4.8

1

 

 

LP

9.1

 

9.1

 

9.1

 

18

 

55

 

 

0

 

 

Kuwabara [70]

PP

4.5

NS

4.5

<0.05

22.7

NS

14

NS

27

NS

 

0

NS

 

 

LP

1.7

 

29.3

 

34.5

 

26

 

44.8

 

 

3.4

 

 

Feng [71]

PP

0

NS

9.6

1

5.8

0.63

7.7

0.049

44

0.66

 

0

NS

 

 

LP

0

 

7.3

 

2.4

 

22.0

 

48.8

 

 

2.4

 

 

Shen [68]

PP

0

NS

5.7

0.59

8.6

0.92

8.6

0.75

25.7

0.62

 

0

NS

 

 

LP

0

 

12.5

 

6.3

 

9.4

 

31.3

 

 

0

 

 

Noshiro [72]

PP

1.4

NS

22

0.59

24

0.06

5

0.44

41

0.89

 

1

NS

 

 

LP

0

 

18

 

14

 

10

 

41

 

 

1

 

 

Ours

PP

0

NS

7.5

0.02

19.4

0.69

7.5

0.56

38.8

0.66

 

3

0.18

 

 

LP

0

 

24.3

 

16.2

 

10.8

 

43.2

 

 

0

 

 

MIE: minimally invasive esophagectomy; PP: prone position; LP: left lateral decubitus position; RNLP: recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; NS: not significant