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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of influence of factors on number of patient requiring any intensive care unit (ICU) stay

From: Outcome-volume relationships and transhiatal esophagectomy: minimizing failure to rescue

Dependent Variable

Independent variable(s)

P-value

Number of patients requiring any ICU stay

Chronologic Group

0.95

Narrow conduit/Mediastinal Stenting

0.045*

LigaSure

0.06

  1. ICU – intensive care unit.
  2. * – statistically significant P-value.