• Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
WANGYun, Email: hxwangyun@gmail.com
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Esophagectomy and extensive lymphadenectomy still remain effective treatment strategies for patients with resectable esophageal carcinoma (EC). However,traditional esophagectomy is performed via open approaches and associated with significant postoperative morbidity and mortality. In order to reduce morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy,various minimally invasive techniques have been introduced to esophagectomy by many medical centers,and minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has been widely developed in thoracic surgery. MIE has been proven to be a safe and feasible approach for the treatment of EC. Compared with open esophagectomy,MIE can reduce surgical blood loss,achieve complete and standardized tumor resection and lymph node dissection,and obtain equivalent long-term survival results. However,there are still controversies in some aspects of MIE for the treatment of EC,and the superiority of MIE has not been fully demonstrated. In this review,we focus on five aspects of MIE for the treatment of EC,including MIE techniques,perioperative outcomes,completeness and standard of tumor resection,long-term survival results and current problems.

Citation: ZHANGZhen-ming, WANGYun. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for the Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014, 21(2): 264-269. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20140074 Copy

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