Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Pieter Christiaan van der Sluis, Dimitrios Schizas, Theodore Liakakos, Richard van Hillegersberg, Pieter Christiaan van der Sluis, Dimitrios Schizas, Theodore Liakakos, Richard van Hillegersberg
Abstract
Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) was introduced in the 1990s with the aim to decrease the rate of respiratory complications associated with thoracotomy, along with the benefits of reduced morbidity and a quicker return to normal activities provided by minimally invasive techniques. However, MIE is not routinely applied as a standard approach for esophageal cancer worldwide, due to the high technical complexity of this minimally invasive procedure. Therefore, the open transthoracic esophagectomy is considered to be the gold standard for resectable esophageal cancer worldwide nowadays. In this article, the current status of conventional MIE and robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy will be reviewed.
Keywords: Esophageal cancer; Minimally invasive esophagectomy; Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy.
© 2019 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
Source: PubMed