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SYNCHRONOUS COMBINED OESOPHAGECTOMY: A REVIEW OF 20 CASES
Author(s) -
Oliver D.,
Lawrencebrown M. M. D.,
Goodman M. A.,
Castleden W. M.,
Lawsonsmith C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00145.x
Subject(s) - medicine , resection , rectum , surgery , carcinoma , general surgery
Twenty patients with carcinoma of the oesophagus treated by a modification of the ivor lewis oesophagectomy using two surgeons working synchronously were reviewed. All the patients had carcinomas of the middle or lower thirds of the oesophagus. The median age was 68 years. There were 17 males and 3 females. Average total operating time was 3h 40min. There was one peri‐operative death. The median length of stay was 15 days. The synchronous combined approach to oesophagectomy has advantages, which are discussed, similar to synchronous combined abdomino‐perineal resection of the rectum.