ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
Clinical outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.
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- Minimally invasive techniques for transthoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BJS open · 2020Pooled it
- Study of the short-term quality of life of patients with esophageal cancer after inflatable videoassisted mediastinoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Factors Affecting Blood Loss During Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Carcinoma.Journal of chest surgery · 2021Article
- Lymph node dissection around left recurrent laryngeal nerve: robot-assisted vs. video-assisted McKeown esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
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- Novel technique to repair a bronchopleural fistula after esophagectomy using wide intercostal muscle flap fixed by azygos vein and bronchus: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2020Article
- The survival impact of postoperative complications after curative resection in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: propensity score-matching analysis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2020Article
- A new technology for reducing anastomotic fistula in the neck after esophageal cancer surgery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Management of calcified hilar lymph nodes during thoracoscopic lobectomies: avoidance of conversions.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMinimally invasive esophagectomy theoretically offers advantages compared with open esophagectomy (OE). The aim of this study was to compare the early- and mid-term outcomes between video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) esophagectomy (VE) and OE in patients with esophageal cancer.
methodsBetween November 2011 and July 2015, a total of 172 patients were divided into two groups depending on the method of esophagectomy: the VE group (n=42) and the OE group (n=130). A propensity analysis that incorporated perioperative variables, such as age, sex, preoperative pulmonary function, Charlson comorbidity index, tumor location, histologic grade of the tumor, pathologic stage and operative procedure (Ivor Lewis or McKeown) was performed, and postoperative outcomes were compared.
resultsMatching based on propensity scores produced 42 patients in each group for the analysis. After propensity matching, there were only two operative mortalities in the OE group, and both died of postoperative pneumonia. The overall incidence of postoperative complications was 38.1% (16 of 42) and 57.1% (24 of 42) in the VE group and in the OE group, respectively (P=0.088). The incidence of pulmonary complications was lower in the VE group than in the OE group (9.5%
conclusionsIn select patients, superior short-term surgical results and equal oncological outcomes were achieved with VE compared with OE.
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