Open AccessMediastinoscopy-assisted oesophagectomy in T1 oesophageal cancer patients with serious comorbidities: a 5-year long-term follow-up
Author(s) -
Jun Wang,
Nanqing Jiang,
Bo Jiang,
Zhonglin Wang,
Xiaoying Zhang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivu433
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinoscopy , esophagectomy , esophageal cancer , cancer , term (time) , comorbidity , general surgery , surgery , mediastinum , physics , quantum mechanics
Transthoracic oesophagectomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Some oesophageal cancer (OC) patients with serious comorbidities cannot tolerate transthoracic oesophagectomy. Therefore, we have adopted a minimally invasive approach to oesophagectomy for such patients.
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