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. 2022 Jun 26:2022:4507696.
doi: 10.1155/2022/4507696. eCollection 2022.

Clinical Effect and Postoperative Pain of Laparo-Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

Yue Yu  1 , Yun Han  1
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Clinical Effect and Postoperative Pain of Laparo-Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

Yue Yu et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. .

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical effect and postoperative pain of laparo-thoracoscopic esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer.

Methods: A total of 90 patients with esophageal cancer who were admitted and treated in our hospital from August 2020 to November 2021 were randomly selected as the research subjects for prospective analysis, and the patients were assigned to the control group and the experimental group according to the time of admission equally, with 45 cases in each group. Patients in the control group underwent conventional open surgery, and those in the experimental group underwent laparo-thoracoscopic esophagectomy. Then, operation-related indicators, postoperative pain, inflammatory factors, and complications were compared between the two groups.

Results: The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage, and postoperative length of stays of the experimental group were significantly shorter or less than those of the control group (P < 0.05); there was no significant difference in the number of lymph nodes dissected between the two groups (P > 0.05). The number of patients with moderate and severe pain in the experimental group was significantly smaller than that in the control group, and the number of patients with mild pain was significantly larger than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The level of inflammatory factors (TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10) was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05); the incidence of surgical complications in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Laparo-thoracoscopic esophagectomy can significantly improve the clinical effect in patients with esophageal cancer. Thoracic-laparoscopic esophagectomy can significantly improve the clinical results of patients with esophageal cancer. With better performance in surgery-related indicators, lower inflammatory factor levels and postoperative pain, and fewer postoperative complications, it will speed up patients' recovery and is worthy of clinical promotion and application.

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