BACKGROUND Patients with esophageal cancer and a history of gastrectomy or concurrent gastric cancer undergo not only esophagectomy but also total gastrectomy. The goal of this study is to evaluate the postoperative quality of life (QOL) and dysfunction of these patients using two postoperative questionnaires. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1999 to 2015, 41 patients underwent concurrent esophagec...

Intralumenal endoscopic treatment is an optimal and minimally invasive treatment for superficial esophageal cancer without risk of regional lymph node metastasis. Definitive chemoradiation therapy for potentially resectable esophageal cancer is another hot topic. A randomized control trial (RCT) with definitive chemoradiation and curative esophagectomy for cT1bN0 thoracic esophageal cancer is n...

Background Patients undergoing esophagectomy are at serious risk of developing postoperative complications. To support early recognition clinical deterioration, wireless sensor technologies that enable continuous vital signs monitoring in a ward setting emerging. Objective This study explored nurses’ and surgeons’ expectations the potential effectiveness impact patients admitted to after esopha...

Immunological parameters were measured in order to elucidate a postoperative immunosuppression mechanism in transthoracic esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer. Moreover, lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells were transferred just after the surgery to overcome the postoperative immunosuppression. Fifteen consecutive patients who underwent transthoracic esophagectomy were subjected...

Esophagectomy is the appropriate treatment for patients with resectable esophageal cancer. In common with conventional surgeries, controversy exists about what is the best approach and extent of the dissection. For many years, the procedure of choice for the incision has been the Ivor Lewis procedure, later modified. The tumor is resected through a right thoracotomy combined with a laparotomy w...

Post-operative pulmonary complications such as pneumonia, acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are closely associated with morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy. One lung ventilation (OLV) is commonly used during esophagectomy. However, the effect of the anesthetic agents on the inflammatory response induced by OLV has yet to be evaluated, particularly du...

This retrospective study was designed to identify the predictors of long-term survival outcomes after radical esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients aged 65 years or older. The clinical and follow-up data of 143 patients aged 65 years or older with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing radical esophagectomy were analyzed for prognostic factors of long-term surviva...

BACKGROUND As the use of laparoscopic techniques have expanded to more complicated procedures, limitations of laparoscopy have begun to be realized. To help regain the ability to palpate and bluntly dissect tissues, and handle larger organs, surgeons have begun to utilize devices which allow the surgeon's hand to be inserted into the abdomen during laparoscopic procedures. One such devices is t...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of lymph node metastasis in the dorsal area of the thoracic aorta (DTA) is relatively low in patients with esophageal cancer. It is difficult to approach the DTA using surgical procedures, such as an open thoracotomy and thoracoscopy in the left decubitus position. CASE PRESENTATION Case 1: A 70-year-old man with esophageal cancer underwent thoracoscopic esophagecto...

BACKGROUND Compared with open esophagectomy (OE), minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) proves to have clear benefits in reducing the risk of pulmonary complications for patients with resectable esophageal cancer. The objectives of our study were to explore the superiority of MIE in reducing the occurrence of anastomotic leakages (ALs) when compared to OE. METHODS A systematic review and met...