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Table 1 Patients characters and operation datas

From: Using NU-KNIT® for hemostasis around recurrent laryngeal nerve during transthoracic esophagectomy with lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer

Hemostasis

Sex

Age

pTNM stage

Blood

Operation time/

Recurrent nerve

methods

(M/F)

(y/o)

 

loss (ml)

thoracotomy time (min)

palsy (y/n)

Group E

M

75

pT1bN0M0 I

1249

703/286

y (bilateral)

 

M

67

pT3N1M0 III

1343

500/186

n

 

M

64

pT3N0M0 II

669

503/198

y

 

M

57

pT1bN0M0 III

389

518/212

y (bilateral)

 

M

49

pT4N0M1 IVb

200

379/153

n

 

M

51

pT3N1M0 III

100

395/210

n

 

M

60

pT1bN1M0 II

500

476/160

y

 

M

61

pT3N2M0 III

600

502/235

y

 

F

57

pT3N0M0 II

208

640/160

n

Average ± S.D.

 

60.1 ± 8.0

 

584.2 ± 446.4

512.9 ± 103.6/200.0 ± 42.5

Complication rate; 55.6%*

Group N

M

63

pT2N1M0 II

795

594/220

n

 

M

61

pT2N0M0 II

3000

660/240

y

 

M

67

pT3N0M1 IVb

555

429/190

n

 

M

66

pT1aN0M0 0

500

499/170

n

 

M

68

pT3N1M0 III

691

590/235

n

 

M

66

pT2N2M0 III

2140

513/199

n

 

M

64

pT3N0M0 II

250

545/264

n

 

M

70

pT1aN0M0 0

765

558/281

n

 

M

76

pT2N0M0 II

2992

472/239

n

 

M

63

pT1bN0M0 I

788

623/353

n

 

M

72

pT3N1M0 III

278

466/202

n

 

M

74

pT1bN0M0 I

300

561/324

n

 

F

74

pT2N0M0 II

675

355/236

n

 

M

56

pT3N2M0 III

100

435/195

n

 

M

74

pT1aN0M0 0

319

541/284

n

 

M

63

pT1bN0M0 I

400

508/272

n

 

M

69

pT3N1M0 III

757

621/273

n

 

M

75

pT1bN0M0 I

341

708/374

n

 

M

63

pT1bN0M0 I

203

618/351

n

Average ± S.D

 

67.6 ± 5.6

 

834.2 ± 877.9

541.9 ± 88.0/258.0 ± 59.3

Complication rate; 5.3%

  1. Group E; using electrocautery to achieve hemostasis, Group N; using NU-KNIT® to achieve hemostasis.
  2. M; male, F; female, S.D.; standard deviation, *; p = 0.007.