Open AccessMinimally invasive oesophagectomy with a total two-field lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus: A prospective study
Author(s) -
K Sasikumar,
Raja Kalayarasan,
Senthil Gnanasekaran,
Sandip Chandrasekar,
Biju Pottakkat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_242_19
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphadenectomy , surgery , regimen , lymph node , chemoradiotherapy , neoadjuvant therapy , esophagectomy , prospective cohort study , carcinoma , esophageal cancer , radiation therapy , cancer , breast cancer
In the era of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACTRT), the safety and clinical significance of radical lymphadenectomy specifically lymphadenectomy along the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) has been questioned. Furthermore, the compliance to NACTRT with the CROSS regimen has not been well studied in the Indian population. This prospective study aimed to determine the compliance with CROSS regimen, feasibility and short-term outcomes of minimally invasive oesophagectomy (MIE) with a total two-field lymphadenectomy after NACTRT.