Thoracoscopic esophagectomy while in a prone position for esophageal cancer: A preceding anterior approach method

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Ozawa, Soji ^a   Ito, Eisuke ^a   Kazuno, Akihito ^a   Chino, Osamu ^a   Nakui, Minoru ^b   Yamamoto, Soichiro ^c   Shimada, Hideo ^d   Makuuchi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Esophageal cancer; Prone position; Thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPIC ESOPHAGECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEA FISTULA; TROCAR;

EID: 84871986636     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2404-3     Document Type: Article

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