Open AccessMinimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Author(s) -
Pieter C. van der Sluis,
Dimitrios Schizas,
Theodoros Liakakos,
Richard van Hillegersberg
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9983
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000497456
Subject(s) - medicine , esophageal cancer , esophagectomy , thoracotomy , gold standard (test) , surgery , invasive surgery , general surgery , cancer , radiology
Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) was introduced in the 1990s with the aim to decrease the rate of respiratory complications associated with thoracotomy, along with the benefits of reduced morbidity and a quicker return to normal activities provided by minimally invasive techniques. However, MIE is not routinely applied as a standard approach for esophageal cancer worldwide, due to the high technical complexity of this minimally invasive procedure. Therefore, the open transthoracic esophagectomy is considered to be the gold standard for resectable esophageal cancer worldwide nowadays. In this article, the current status of conventional MIE and robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy will be reviewed.