Fast track clinical pathway implications in esophagogastrectomy

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristics	Patients	Complications	Failed fast track	P value
Overall	114	19	26
Gender				0.80
Male	84	14	20
Female	30	5	6
Age (yr)				0.014
≥ 65	50	11	17
< 65	64	8	9
Differentiation				1.00
Low	18	4	4
Moderate	56	8	13
High	40	7	9
Stage of cancer at time of surgery				0.58
I	8	0	0
II	16	2	4
III	78	14	18
IV	12	3	4
Preoperative complication				< 0.001
Yes	28	12	18
No	86	7	8
Pathology				1.00
Squamous cell carcinoma	87	15	20
Adenocarcinoma	18	3	4
Other	9	1	2
Operative incision				0.73
One	60	9	12
Two	36	6	9
Three	18	4	5
Tolerated fast track surgery				0.001
Yes	88	5
No	26	14