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Table 1 Cohort characteristics: Number of patients, age, gender, educational level, percentage with complications and estimated median survival according to type of resection

From: Major postoperative complications are associated with impaired long-term survival after gastro-esophageal and pancreatic cancer surgery: a complete national cohort study

 

Esophageal resections

Gastric resections

Pancreatic resections

All patients

Number of patients

331

974

660

1965

Age above 65 years (%)

46.8

67.7

56.4

60.4

Male gender (%)

77.6

62.4

52.7

61.7

Lower educational level (%)

69.5

78.5

68.9

73.7

Complication-rate (%)

17.2

11.1

12.6

12.6

90-day mortality (%)

5.7

6.1

3.9

5.3

Estimated median survival in months

46

36

23

31