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Thoracolaparoscopic McKeown esophagectomy

Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2019
Unlike Europe and America, the rate of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in China is 90% higher (1); also, most of the lesions are located at the middle thoracic part of the esophagus. There has been an increasing number of esophagectomies has been performing by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in China.
Changchun, Wang, Chao, Pan, Weimin, Mao, Qixun, Chen, Jinshi, Liu, Jian, Hu   +5 more
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Video assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer [PDF]

, 2008
Video assisted surgery for esophageal cancer is an advanced surgical technique. It is being adopted with a concept of minimally invasive surgery. Since there are several options of the operative procedure for thoracic esophageal cancer, there are several
Kondo, Satoshi, Toshiaki Shichinohe, Satoshi Kondo, Hirano, Satoshi, Satoshi Hirano, Shichinohe, Toshiaki   +5 more
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Efficacy comparison of transcervical video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy combined with left transthoracic esophagectomy versus right transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer treatment

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018
Background This study aimed to propose a new surgical strategy, i.e., the transcervical video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) with esophagectomy via the left transthoracic approach for patients with esophageal cancer (EC), and to ...
Xu Li, Wenxiang Wang, Yong Zhou, Desong Yang, Jie Wu, Baihua Zhang, Zhining Wu, Jinming Tang   +7 more
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TRANSHIATAL VERSUS TRANSTHORACIC ESOPHAGECTOMY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

, 1993
We retrospectively analyzed 238 patients with esophageal carcinoma treated between 1983 and 1991; 120 underwent transthoracic esophagectomy, and 118 underwent transhiatal esophagectomy.
YEKELER, I, PAC, M, KELES, Muzaffer, BASOGLU, A, OKCU, N, YEDIYILDIZ, S, KOCAK, H, AYDIN, NE, YILMAZ, A   +8 more
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Cholecystectomy during esophagectomy is safe but unnecessary

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Prophylactic cholecystectomy has been proposed as a concomitant procedure during upper gastrointestinal surgery. This study evaluates the safety and the need of concurrent cholecystectomy during esophagectomy for cancer.
Scarpa, Marco, Ruol, Alberto, Cavallin, Francesco, Ancona, Ermanno, Chiarion Sileni, Vanna, Castoro, Carlo, Cagol, Matteo, Rugge, Massimo, Alfieri, Rita   +8 more
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Thoracoscopic vagal-sparing esophagectomy and colonic interposition for caustic stricture

, 2018
Minimally invasive esophagectomy is an increasing trend in surgery. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy is applicable and an alternative procedure to conventional esophagectomy in patients especially with end-stage benign diseases like caustic stricture.A 33 ...
Celik, Taylan, Matlim, Tugba, Asoglu, Oktar, Tihan, Deniz, Altintoprak, Fatih   +4 more
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The Financial Argument for Centralization of Care for Esophagectomy

Annals of Surgery Open
Objective:. To determine if spending is lower at high-volume esophagectomy centers. Background:. There is growing enthusiasm for centralization of care for operations with strong volume-outcome relationships, such as esophagectomy.
Samantha L. Savitch, MD, Cody L. Mullens, MD, Jyothi R. Thumma, MPH, Nicole M. Mott, MD, Kiran H. Lagisetty, MD, Kyle H. Sheetz, MD   +5 more
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Esophagectomy for Benign Esophageal Disease

, 1999
Background: Benign esophageal diseases are less common indications for an esophagectomy. The indications for an esophagectomy have not been clearly defined for benign esophageal diseases.
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Fecopneumothorax: A rare complication of Esophagectomy

, 2007
Intrathoracic colon herniation after esophagectomy is rare. Furthermore, fecopneumothorax is an extremely infrequent clinical entity. We believe this is the first report in the literature of a patient with fecopneumothorax due to diverticular perforation
Theodorou, Dimitrios, Toutouzas, Konstantinos G., Markogiannakis, Haridimos, Tzertzemelis, Misthos, Panagiotis, Dimitrios, Dardamanis, Dimitrios, Katsaragakis, Stilianos   +7 more
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Regionalization of esophagectomy: where are we now?

, 2019
The morbidity and mortality benefits of performing high-risk operations in high-volume centers by high-volume surgeons are evident. Regionalization is a proposed strategy to leverage high-volume centers for esophagectomy to improve quality outcomes ...
Meguid, Robert, Brown, Lisa, Cooke, David, Boffa, Daniel, Clark, James   +4 more
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