A statistics collating 57 studies (n=15790) compared between Minimally invasive surgery and open surgery by Yibulayin et al found an overall complication rate of Minimally invasive esophagectomy of 41.2% 4.3.3.2 Recovery time and drain removal The research finds an average ICU stay of 1.4 ± 1.6 days (0 - 8), average postoperative hospitalization of 16.4 ± 6.2 (7 - 40) days.