Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: The First Experience from Pakistan

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	MIE	%
Age	51 years	21–71 years
Gender
Male	23	45.09
Female	28	54.91
Comorbidity	7/51	13.73
BMI	20.91	13.93–32
Diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma	10	19.6
Squamous cell carcinoma	41	80.4
Clinical T stage
T1	0
T2	6	11.8
T3	38	74.5
T4a	5	9.8
T4b	2	3.9
Clinical stage
Stage I	0
Stage II	17	33.33
Stage III	34	66.66
Stage IV	0
Pathological stage
CR	23	45.09
Stage I	2	3.92
Stage II	23	45.09
Stage III	3	5.88
Stage IV	0

CR: Complete pathological response.
BMI: Body mass index.