Total minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: approaches and outcomes

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 401, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 747-756

  Giugliano, Danica N ^a   Berger, Adam C ^a   Rosato, Ernest L ^a   Palazzo, Francesco ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

3 HOLE MCKEOWN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; HYBRID TECHNIQUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IVOR LEWIS MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED ESOPHAGECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84978151506     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-016-1469-1     Document Type: Review

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