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Published on: September 11, 2021
Combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy: experience, technique and cautions
Yong Zhang1, Guang-Jian Zhang1, Qi-Fei Wu1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Abstract:
We described a 59-year-old female, who came to our institute with the diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The preoperative clinical diagnosis was stage II esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The three-stage minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE), combined thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis, was performed in this case. The lateral-prone decubitus position and Harmonic scalpel facilitate the operation.

