Open AccessSafety and feasibility of minimally invasive surgical interventions for esophageal and gastric cancer in the acute setting: a nationwide cohort study
Author(s) -
Alicia S Borggreve,
B. Feike Kingma,
Jelle P. Ruurda,
Richard van Hillegersberg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
surgical endoscopy/surgical endoscopy and other interventional techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.457
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1432-2218
pISSN - 0930-2794
DOI - 10.1007/s00464-020-07491-x
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatology , abdominal surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer , general surgery , cohort , psychological intervention , surgery , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
Minimally invasive esophagectomy and gastrectomy are increasingly performed and might be superior to their open equivalents in an elective setting. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether minimally invasive approaches can be safely applied in the acute setting as well.