Surgical approach | Age of patients median(range) | Gender of patients | Stage of disease | Median survival months(SE)(CI) | |||||
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Male | Female | Total | III | IVa | IVb | Total | |||
Open approach | 66(38–89) | 19(46%) | 22(54%) | 41 | 20(49%) | 17(41%) | 4(10%) | 41 | 24(2.554)(18.993–29.007) |
Endoscopic approach | 65(28–89) | 18(64%) | 10(36%) | 28 | 17(61%) | 10(36%) | 1(3%) | 28 | 27(5.170)(16.866–37.134) |
P value | 0.753 | 0.219 | 0.517 | 0.687 |