Long-term health-related quality of life after McKeown and Ivor Lewis esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Both cervical (McKeown) and intrathoracic (Ivor Lewis) anastomosis of transthoracic esophagectomy are surgical procedures that can be performed for distal esophageal or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) after McKeown and Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a tertiary referral center. Disease-free patients >1 year following a McKeown or an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with a two-field lymphadenectomy for a distal or GEJ carcinoma visiting the outpatient clinic between 2014 and 2018 were asked to complete the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-OG25 questionnaires. HR-QoL was investigated in both groups. A total of 89 patients were included after McKeown and 115 after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. Median follow

SUBMITTER: Jezerskyte E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672202 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature