A new concept of the anatomy of the thoracic oesophagus: the meso-oesophagus. Observational study during thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2576-2582

  Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Weijs, Teus J ^b   Bleys, Ronald L A W ^b   van Hillegersberg, Richard ^b   van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I ^c   Gisbertz, Suzanne S ^c   Ruurda, Jelle P ^b   Straatman, Jennifer ^a   Osugi, Harushi ^d   van der Peet, Donald L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Meso oesophagus; Oesophagus; Surgical resection; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MEDIASTINUM; MESO ESOPHAGUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84939536048     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3972-1     Document Type: Article

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