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Minimally invasive esophagectomy
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2000Open esophagectomy can be associated with significant morbidity and delay return to routine activities. Minimally invasive surgery may lower the morbidity of esophagectomy but only a few small series have been published.From August 1996 to September 1999, 77 patients underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy.
J D, Luketich +7 more
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Complications of Esophagectomy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2012Esophagectomy remains the gold standard curative therapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Despite 125 years of evolution, esophagectomy remains a demanding procedure associated with a 5% to 10% mortality and a 50% morbidity rate. Knowledge of the multitude of techniques possible for performing this complex procedure, as well as the host of ...
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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2005Minimally invasive esophagectomy can be safely performed in selected cases in centers specializing in minimally invasive esophageal surgery.Potential benefits include lessened physiologic insult, with decreased hospital stay and a more rapid recovery to full activity.
Alberto, de Hoyos +2 more
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Laparoscopic Total Esophagectomy
Archives of Surgery, 1997To evaluate early results with laparoscopic total esophagectomy for benign and malignant disease of the esophagus.Case series involving 9 patients with mean follow-up of 13 months.An advanced endoscopic surgery unit at a tertiary referral teaching hospital.Between December 12, 1993, and December 1, 1996, 9 patients with a mean age of 61 years underwent
L L, Swanstrom, P, Hansen
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Transhiatal esophagectomy (THE).
Rays, 2006In Transhiatal Esophagectomy(THE) two approaches can be used by the surgeon: abdominal and cervical, without thoracotomy. A pioneer of this technique was Orringer, with the largest experience world-wide (1085 patients). THE is associated with a lower morbidity compared with the transthoracic approach, but much controversy exists on whether THE is a ...
Vita M. L. +9 more
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LEFT TRANSTHORACIC ESOPHAGECTOMY
Chest Surgery Clinics of North America, 1995Left transthoracic esophagectomy remains an important option in performing esophagectomy. This is especially appropriate for malignancies of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal (GE) junction. Likewise, resections in patients who have had prior surgery at the GE junction are easily performed through the left chest.
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