Does perioperative prostaglandin E1 affect survival of patients with esophageal cancer?

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and perioperative variables

	PGE1 group (n = 15)	Control group (n = 15)	P value
Age (yr)1	54 ± 9	57 ± 8	0.48
Gender (male)2	6 (40)	9 (60)	0.27
Body mass index (kg/m2)1	31 ± 4	32 ± 3	0.77
ASA physical status (> I)2	9 (60)	10 (66.7)	0.71
Smoking2	2 (13.3)	4 (26.7)	0.65
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL)1	14.4 ± 2	14.7 ± 1.9	0.62
Duration of anesthesia (min)1	277 ± 50	270 ± 67	0.86
Duration of operation (min)1	234 ± 37	240 ± 66	0.75
Duration of thoracotomy (min)1	89 ± 35	96 ± 19	0.46
Blood loss (mL)1	520 ± 130	630 ± 330	0.34

¹mean ± SD, Student’s t-test;

²Frequency (percent), χ² test or Fisher’s exact test. PGE1: Prostaglandin E1; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.