Evolving management and outcome of esophageal cancer with airway involvement E.Pendleton Alexander, MD, Gregory D Trachiotis, MD, Timothy O Lipman, MD, Robert G Wadleigh, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages 1640-1644 (May 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5 Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Actuarial survival for all patients in the entire study group: group I (1985 to 1991) and group II (1992 to 1998). The difference between group I and group II was significant (p = 0.0026). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1640-1644DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Actuarial survival for patients with an esophagorespiratory fistula in the entire study group: group I (1985 to 1991) and group II (1992 to 1998). The difference between group I and group II approached statistical significance (p = 0.058). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1640-1644DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 The impact of N0M0 stage grouping on survival for both the total group and group II. In each group the difference was highly significant (p = 0.0001). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1640-1644DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Actuarial survival of patients receiving plastic and metallic stents. There was no significant difference though long-term survival was observed with a metallic stent. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1640-1644DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Actuarial survival of resection, nonresection, and all patients in group II. Survival in resected patients is significantly superior to nonresected (p = 0.01). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1640-1644DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02679-5) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions