Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level can be an indicator of the early stage of infectious complications. However, its utility in advanced esophageal cancer patients who receive radical esophagectomy with two- or three-field lymph node dissection with perioperative steroid therapy and enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) care is unclear. | Prediction of postoperative inflammatory complications after esophageal cancer surgery based on early changes in the Creactive protein level in patients who received perioperative steroid therapy and enhanced recovery after surgery care A retrospective analysis