ArticleEsophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society2019
The usefulness of three-dimensional video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients.
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- The Therapeutic Effectiveness of 3-dimensional Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery in the Management of Oesophageal Cancer.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Pooled it
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- Thoracic duct identification using three-dimensional thoracoscope versus indocyanine green fluorescence during minimally invasive esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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- Safety and feasibility of three-dimensional McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Usefulness of three-dimensional thoracoscope for prone position thoracoscopic esophagectomy improves mediastinal lymph node dissection and prognosis for esophageal cancer.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Salvage minimally invasive esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer can improve postoperative complications compared with salvage open esophagectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Comparison of efficacy and safety between pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy and simple chemotherapy in neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Article
- Three-dimension versus two-dimension video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.Translational cancer research · 2021Article
- Prevention of intra-thoracic recurrent laryngeal nerve injury with robot-assisted esophagectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2020Article
- Postoperative complications of minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe three-dimensional video-assisted (3D-VA) system is known to provide depth perception and the precise measurement of anatomical spaces, unlike the two-dimensional video-assisted (2D-VA) system. However, the advantages of the 3D-VA system in thoracoscopic esophagectomy remains unclear.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from 104 patients who underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer from 2016 to 2017. We performed thoracic esophagectomy using either the 2D-VA or 3D-VA system during this period. Whenever the 3D-VA system was available in our surgical center, we performed 3D-VA thoracoscopic esophagectomy. Perioperative parameters, including operation times, blood loss, the number of dissected lymph nodes, postoperative complications, and the duration of postoperative hospital stays, were compared between the 2D-VA and 3D-VA system groups.
resultsThere were 51 and 53 patients in the 2D-VA and 3D-VA system groups, respectively. Preoperative parameters, including age, sex, tumor location, clinical stage and the distribution of preoperative treatment, were not significantly different between the groups. Although intraoperative blood loss did not differ between the two groups, operation times were significantly shorter in the 3D-VA system group than the 2D-VA system group (P = 0.023). The number of dissected mediastinal lymph nodes was similar in both groups. The incidences of postoperative complications, including pneumonia, recurrent nerve palsy, anastomotic leakages and chylothorax, were similar between the groups. The duration of postoperative hospital stays was also comparable between the groups.
conclusionsAn introduction of 3D-VA endoscopy into minimally invasive esophagectomies may contribute to the shortening of the duration of thoracoscopic procedures.
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