Open AccessShort-term outcomes after transition from Sweet to thoracoscopic esophagectomy
Author(s) -
Fei Yao,
Jun Yao,
Fang Rong Hang,
Shougen Cao,
Jun Ling Qian,
Jian Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.161931
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , intensive care unit , esophageal cancer , surgery , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , cancer , physics , optics
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy (TSE), as a minimally invasive technique, has obtained wide acceptance for treating esophageal cancer. In this study, we report our experience of the transfer from open sweet esophagectomy (OSE) to TSE and compare cost associated with the two approaches for esophageal cancer.