ArticleWorld journal of surgery2011
Is there any benefit to incorporating a laparoscopic procedure into minimally invasive esophagectomy? The impact on perioperative results in patients with esophageal cancer.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Mapping Review of Core Outcome Reporting in Surgical Research for Oesophageal Cancer.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Does thoracoscopic esophagectomy really reduce post-operative pneumonia in all cases?Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2021Pooled it
- Minimally invasive techniques for transthoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BJS open · 2020Pooled it
- Totally minimally invasive esophagectomy versus hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2020Pooled it
- Postoperative short-term outcomes of minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Thoracic cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Ability of Laparoscopic Gastric Mobilization to Prevent Pulmonary Complications After Open Thoracotomy or Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus open esophagectomy for resectable esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2016Pooled it
- Is minimally invasive esophagectomy effective for preventing anastomotic leakages after esophagectomy for cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2015Pooled it
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- The Application of a Mechanical Side-to-Side Oesophagogastric Anastomosis in the Reconstruction of the Digestive Tract After an Oesophagectomy in a Beagle Model.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcome of Conversion Surgery for Stage IV Esophageal Cancer Following Chemoradiation.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Minimally invasive Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2022Article
- A refined procedure for esophageal resection using a full minimally invasive approach.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- Early Respiratory Impairment and Pneumonia after Hybrid Laparoscopically Assisted Esophagectomy-A Comparison with the Open Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Efficacy of hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomyWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2019Article
- Hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy vs. open esophagectomy: a matched case analysis in 120 patients.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2017Article
- Minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.OncoTargets and therapy · 2016Article
- Oncological and surgical outcomes of minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a matched-pair comparative study.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
- Case-matched analysis of combined thoracoscopic-laparoscopic versus open esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
- Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer - benefits and controversies.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe benefit of using the laparoscopic approach in minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has not been established. We therefore compared the outcome of esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer performed with open surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)/laparotomy (hybrid MIE), and VATS/ laparoscopy (total MIE).
methodsPatients with esophageal cancer undergoing tri-incisional esophagectomy with three different approaches between 2005 and 2009 were analyzed from a prospective database.
resultsThree groups of patients underwent esophagectomy by open surgery (n = 64), hybrid MIE (n = 44), and total MIE (n = 30). The total MIE group had significantly longer operative times but had shorter postoperative ventilator usage times postoperative hospital stay, and they began jejunostomy feeding sooner (P < 0.05, compared with the other groups). There was a significant trend toward a decrease in postoperative pulmonary complications and anastomotic leakage in parallel to the proportion of minimally invasive procedures for esophagectomy (P < 0.05 for the trend test), with a significant difference between the open surgery and total MIE groups (30% vs. 6.7%, and 28% vs. 6.7%, respectively; P < 0.05).
conclusionsUse of a laparoscopic procedure in MIE for patients with esophageal cancer might provide benefit by facilitating postoperative recovery and reducing the rates of post-esophagectomy pulmonary complications and anastomotic leakage.
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