Mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy versus thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a single-center initial experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to compare mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (MATHE) with thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy (TLE) for patients with esophageal cancer in terms of the clinical effectiveness and perioperative complications.

Methods

In total, 98 patients who underwent esophagectomy consecutively for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in our center from Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2019 were included in this study. Thirty patients underwent mediastinoscopy-assisted and laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis (the MATHE group). The other sixty-eight patients received TLE (the TLE group). Each patient's general conditions and perioperative complications were recorded.

Results

Patients in the MATHE group were observed to have a higher inci

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578494 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature