Clinical Study
Esophageal Carcinoma Histology Affects Perioperative Morbidity Following Open Esophagogastrectomy
Table 1
Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma groups patient demographics.
| | Adenocarcinoma, (%) | Squamous cell carcinoma, (%) | -value |
| | 52 (71%) | 21 (29%) | | | Median age | 59 | 63 | .21 | | Caucasian
race | 44 (8462%) | 10 (47.62%) | .0004 | | Male
gender | 45 (86.54%) | 10 (47.62%) | .0007 | | Alcohol
abuse | 6 (11.54%) | 8 (38.1%) | .012 | | Tobacco
use | 36 (69.23%) | 13 (61.9%) | .5492 | | Prior
cardiac disease | 13 (25%) | 4 (19.05%) | .573 | | Prior
pulmonary disease | 3 (5.77%) | 5 (23.81%) | .034 | | FEV1 | 3 (5.77%) | 4 (19%) | .06 |
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