A Minimally Invasive Surgery for Thoracic Esophageal Diverticula

Managing hypoxemia during minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

An ever-increasing number of thoracic procedures are being performed through minimally invasive techniques. Although the incidence of hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation (OLV) has decreased over the years, it remains an issue in roughly 10% of cases. Algorithms for the management of OLV hypoxemia have to be adapted to the thoracoscopic approach, in particular the need for optimal surgical exp...

Tailored surgery for esophageal body diverticula.

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to identify the presence of associated functional disorders (dysmotility or gastro-esophageal reflux, GER), to select patients who need surgery and to plan a tailored surgical treatment in patients affected by esophageal body diverticula. METHODS We report on 51 consecutive patients with esophageal body diverticula, observed at our department, who underwent ...

Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer – benefits and controversies

Open esophagectomy (OE) requires extensive surgery and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, the long-term results of esophageal cancer surgery are not satisfactory; hence, the best surgical approach is constantly under debate. During the last twenty years, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) employing laparoscopy and/or thoracoscopy has been introduced in a gr...

The role of the thoracic surgeon in minimally invasive esophageal surgery: past, present, and future.

Cervical incision thoracic endoscopic surgery: a minimally invasive endoscopic approach in thoracic surgery.

Cervical incision thoracic surgery has recently been described. Currently, there is a move to increase the role of flexible endoscopy in surgery. The use of a flexible endoscope through a natural orifice into the thoracic cavity still remains ethically doubtful. The authors present a surgical experimental study using a flexible endoscope through a cervical incision for the exploration of both t...