Background/Aim: There is no study comparing open esophagectomy (OE), video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), and robot-assisted minimally invasive (RAMIE) in a single institution. Patients Methods: This included 272 patients who underwent subtotal divided into three groups: OE (n=110), VATS (n=127), RAMIE (n=35) groups. Moreover, short-term outcomes were compared. Results: Overall complications...

Thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the prone position (TEPP) might enable solo-surgery in cases requiring resection of the esophagus and the surrounding lymph nodes due to the associated advantages of good exposure of the surgical field and ergonomic considerations for the surgeon. However, no one approach can be for all patients requiring extensive lymphadenectomy. We recently developed an assista...

The aim of this study is to evaluate surgical results and long-term survival of combined thoracoscopiclaparoscopic esophagectomy (TLE) performed for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Data of 59 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, undergoing TLE from January 2007 to January 2015, were compared to a control group of 59 patients who underwent open esophagectomy (OE) during the same...

Abstract Backgrounds Surgical algorithm for esophagogastric junction cancer have been proposed according to the results of a recent prospective study. However, reconstruction method has yet be standardized. Esophagogastrostomy is often performed with esophageal invasion, although, it related frequent and severe complications. Recently, we introduced IntraThoracic Side-overlap EsophagoGastrostom...

OBJECTIVE To use meta-analysis to compare oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) with open techniques (thoracoscopic and/or laparoscopic). Analysis includes the extent of lymph node (LN) clearance, number of LNs retrieved, staging, geographic variance, and mortality. DATA SOURCES A systematic review of the literature was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) compared with open esophagectomy (OE) has been shown to have clinical advantages, but selection bias is present. METHODS All patients undergoing MIE or OE for cancer between 1999 and 2007 were eligible for analysis. To minimize selection bias, only patients who also met the selection criteria for the thoracoscopic approach were included in the...

BACKGROUND Total thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy (TLE) has attracted attention with the advantage of better operative field and minimal wound for the esophageal cancer. However, various severe complications are also reported during the TLE such as cervical anastomotic leakage, chylothorax, and tracheal injury. The aim of this study was to introduce a new optimized TLE procedure for...