ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Application of pleural flaps in laparoscopic-thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Spontaneous migration of a peripherally inserted central catheter into the azygos vein and accidental transection during thoracic surgery: A case report.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
- Severity of oEsophageal Anastomotic Leak in patients after oesophagectomy: the SEAL score.The British journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Purse-indigitation mechanical anastomosisAnnals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Comparison of a modified one-piece mechanical and double-layer hand-sewn anastomosis in McKeown esophagogastrectomy: A single-institute retrospective study.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of pleural flaps usage in laparoscopic-thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
methodsSix hundred and nineteen patients received esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. All these 619 patients received laparoscopic-thoracoscopic esophagectomy. These 304 patients (study group) used pleural flaps and the other 315 patients (control group) had no pleural flaps. The observation indicators were postoperative complications, including cervical subcutaneous emphysema, fistula of cervical anastomosis, and anastomotic leakage into the pleural cavity.
resultsIn the study group, 5 patients had cervical subcutaneous emphysema after surgery (1.64%) compared to 38 patients in the control group (12.06%), which showed significant difference (P<0.05). Moreover, the study group displayed 1 case of anastomotic leakage into the pleural cavity (0.33%), compared with 8 patients in the control group (2.54%), which showed significant difference (P<0.05). Logistic regression indicated that the application of pleural flaps effectively reduced the incidence of postoperative complications.
conclusionsCovering the upper mediastinum with pleural flaps effectively reduced the incidence of cervical subcutaneous emphysema and anastomotic leakage into the pleural cavity.
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