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Review
. 2022 Aug;13(15):2100-2105.
doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14533. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Selection of minimally invasive surgical approaches for treating esophageal cancer

Yu-Kwang Lee  1 , Ke-Cheng Chen  1 , Pei-Ming Huang  1 , Shuenn-Wen Kuo  1 , Mong-Wei Lin  1 , Jang-Ming Lee  1
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Review

Selection of minimally invasive surgical approaches for treating esophageal cancer

Yu-Kwang Lee et al. Thorac Cancer. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Minimally invasive esophagectomy has gradually been accepted as an active treatment option for surgery of esophageal cancer. However, there is no consensus about how to perform the procedures in the thoracic and abdominal phase including anastomosis in the neck (McKeown) or chest (Ivor Lewis), VATS, robotic-assisted or reduced port approaches or various endoscopic abrasion techniques. Further studies to investigate the roles of these novel techniques are required to treat the various patient populations.

Keywords: VATS; esophageal submucosal dissection; minimally invasive esophagectomy; photodynamic therapy (PDT); robotic surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors did not receive any financial support for this study.

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FIGURE 1
Data regarding the use of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) in Taiwan from 2011 to 2016 obtained from the Taiwan National Cancer Registry
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FIGURE 2
The method of (a) pleural tenting and (b) liver traction during single‐port MIE and (c) the wound following surgery
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FIGURE 3
The port placement during single‐port robotic‐assisted laparoscopic gastric mobilization in MIE
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FIGURE 4
The (a) disease‐free and (b) overall survival curves of patients with early esophageal cancer (stage I) treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection or esophagectomy at the National Taiwan University Hospital
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