ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy versus thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a single-center initial experience.
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- A Systematic Mapping Review of Core Outcome Reporting in Surgical Research for Oesophageal Cancer.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Mediastinoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer with Right Aortic Arch: A Case Report.Surgical case reports · 2026Article
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- Application of Inflatable Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy in Individualized Treatment of Esophageal Cancer.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Clinical advantage of transmediastinal esophagectomy in terms of postoperative respiratory complications.International journal of clinical oncology · 2023Review
- Clinical-pathological features and perioperative outcomes of mediastinoscopy vs. thoracoscopy esophagectomy in esophageal cancer: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Huge esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor successfully resected under mediastino-laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Transcervical inflatable mediastinoscopic esophagectomy versus thoracoscopic esophagectomy for local early- and intermediate-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A propensity score-matched analysis.Journal of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Sternal lifting increases the operating space in esophagectomy via mediastinoscopy: a prospective cohort study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to compare mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (MATHE) with thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy (TLE) for patients with esophageal cancer in terms of the clinical effectiveness and perioperative complications.
methodsIn total, 98 patients who underwent esophagectomy consecutively for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in our center from Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2019 were included in this study. Thirty patients underwent mediastinoscopy-assisted and laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis (the MATHE group). The other sixty-eight patients received TLE (the TLE group). Each patient's general conditions and perioperative complications were recorded.
resultsPatients in the MATHE group were observed to have a higher incidence of postoperative hoarseness than those in the TLE group. There were no significant differences between the MATHE group and the TLE group in regards to the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, number of lymph nodes dissected or postoperative hospital stay. Similarly, no statistically significant differences were observed in the incidence of anastomotic fistula, respiratory complications, or chylothorax or in the conversion rate or in-hospital mortality rate between the two groups.
conclusionsThe short-term efficacy in the MATHE group was similar to that in the TLE group, although patients in the MATHE group may have had a higher incidence of postoperative hoarseness. Therefore, MATHE may be a feasible and safe surgical procedure for appropriate patients with esophageal cancer.
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