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An Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Designed to Minimize Anastomotic Complications and Optimize Conduit Function
Published on: April 17, 2020
[Resection and replacement of the cervical esophagus and hypopharynx--an interdisciplinary responsibility for
1Klinik für Allgemein- und Gefässchirurgie, Zentralkrankenhaus, Bremen.
Abstract:
From 1984 to 1996, 136 carcinomas of the esophagus and 8 of the hypopharynx were resected using 3 different procedures (94 transmediastinal, 36 transthoracic, 14 cervicoabdominal). The hospital mortality rate for cervicoabdominal resection (0%) is unequivocally lower than that of the transmediastinal (17.1%) or transthoracic (14.3%) methods. The 5-year survival rates are not significantly different (24%, 22%, 17%).
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