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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2017

Hybrid and total minimally invasive esophagectomy: how I do it.

Luigi Bonavina, Emanuele Asti, Andrea Sironi, Daniele Bernardi, Alberto Aiolfi

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi BonavinaDivision of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Emanuele AstiDivision of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Andrea SironiDivision of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Daniele BernardiDivision of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
Alberto AiolfiDivision of General Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
University of Milan · ITIRCCS Policlinico San Donato · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophagectomy is a major surgical procedure associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Minimally invasive esophagectomy is becoming the preferred approach because of the potential to limit surgical trauma, reduce respiratory complications, and promote earlier functional recovery. Various hybrid and total minimally invasive surgical techniques have been introduced in clinical practice over the past 20 years, and minimally invasive esophagectomy has been shown equivalent to open surgery concerning the short-term outcomes. Implementation of a minimally invasive esophagectomy program is technically demanding and requires a significant learning curve and the infrastructure of a dedicated multidisciplinary center where optimal staging, individualized therapy, and perioperative care can be provided to the patient. Both hybrid and total minimally invasive techniques of esophagectomy have proven safe and effective in expert centers. The choice of the surgical approach should be driven by preoperative staging, tumor site and histology, comorbidity, patient's anatomy and physiological status, and surgeon's experience.

Indexed as

Esophageal cancerhybrid Ivor Lewis esophagectomylaparoscopyminimally invasive esophagectomythoracoscopic prone esophagectomytrans-hiatal esophagectomy

Identifiers

PMID28815072
PMCPMC5538984
OpenAlexW2730624003

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