Exposed endoscopic full-thickness resection vs thoracoscopic surgery for complex esophageal subepithelial lesions arising from the muscularis propria

Table 2 Perioperative data of the endoscopic full-thickness resection and thoracoscopic surgery groups, median (range)/n (%)/mean ± SD

Variables	EFTR (n = 15)	TS (n = 45)	P value
Primary outcomes
Curative resection	15 (100)	45 (100)	> 0.999
En bloc resection	13 (86.7)	34 (75.6)	0.423
Cervical	71.4 (5/7)	77.8 (14/18)	0.739
Thoracic	100 (4/4)	88.2 (15/17)	0.471
Abdominal	100 (4/4)	50 (5/10)	0.118
Recurrence-free survival	15 (100)	43 (95.6)	0.422
Technical success	15 (100)	44 (97.8)	0.574
Clinical success	15 (100)	45 (100)	> 0.999
Secondary outcomes
Procedure time, minutes	240.0 (172.3, 262.5)	120.0 (87.50, 145.0)	< 0.001
Hospital stay, days	18.1 ± 7.4	18.78 ± 7.4	0.757
Postoperative hospital stay, days	12.2 ± 4.9	11.1 ± 5.2	0.474
Duration of antibiotic use after surgery, days	8.9 ± 5.3	8.9 ± 5.0	0.967
Nasogastric decompression tube placement	12 (80.0)	43 (95.6)	0.059
Nasogastric decompression duration, days	5.6 ± 4.9	10.7 ± 13.2	0.016
Postoperative fasting time, days	7.36 ± 3.8	10.2 ± 13.2	0.430
Hospitalization expenses, yuan	55608.1 (43969.7, 65099.5)	48680.6 (43429.0, 56037.4)	0.291
Intraoperative adverse events			0.591
Bleeding	0	2 (4.4)
Perforation	0	1 (2.2)
Postoperative adverse events			0.234
Stricture	2 (12.5)	1 (2.2)
Fistula	1 (6.3)	1 (2.2)
Chylothorax	0	2 (4.4)
Follow-up, months	36.9 ± 19.9	58.9 ± 25.1	0.004

EFTR: Endoscopic full-thickness resection; TS: Thoracoscopic surgery.