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ONE‐STAGE THORACOSCOPIC OESOPHAGECTOMY: LIGATURE INTRATHORACIC STAPLED ANASTOMOSIS
Author(s) -
Lee K. W.,
Leung K. F.,
Wong K. K.,
Lau K. Y.,
Lai K. C.,
Leung S. K.,
Leung L. C.,
Lau K. W.
Publication year - 1997
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.1445-2197.1997.tb01918.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ligature , thoracotomy , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , anastomosis , thoracoscopy , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , esophagectomy , general surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer , paleontology , biology
Thoracoscopic oesophagectomy is usually performed in stages and intrathoracic oesophagogastric anastomosis often requires mini‐thoracotomy or extension of the thoracoscopic incisions. This paper describes a new technique whereby such an operation could be completed in one stage and the need to extend the thoracoscopic incisions is obviated.