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An Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Designed to Minimize Anastomotic Complications and Optimize Conduit Function
Published on: April 17, 2020
Current status of minimally invasive esophagectomy
N T Nguyen1, D Gelfand, C M Stevens
1Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, USA. ninhn@uci.edu
Minerva Chirurgica
|October 21, 2004
Abstract:
Minimally invasive esophagectomy is emerging as an option in the management of benign and malignant esophageal diseases. With minimally invasive esophagectomy, the conventional laparotomy is substituted with laparoscopy and the open thoracotomy with thoracoscopy. This article discusses the surgical techniques and outcomes for a variety of minimally invasive esophagectomy options.
