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PORT‐SITE RECURRENCE AFTER THORACOSCOPIC RESECTION OF OESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Author(s) -
Dixit A. S.,
Martin C. J.,
Flynn P.
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.tb01926.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , resection , port (circuit theory) , cancer , surgery , cancer recurrence , electrical engineering , engineering
We report a case of thoracoscopic port‐site recurrence after a thoracoscopically assisted total oesophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma. The tumour was not extracted through the port site.