BACKGROUND Esophagectomy is considered to be the main treatment for esophageal malignancies. Among the different methods, transhiatal approach can cause less damage to patients and is widely used; however, manipulation of esophagus result in heart rate and blood pressure variations. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm during transhiatal esophagect...

Esophageal carcinoma is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the world [1]. The optimal treatment for resectable esophageal cancer is curative surgery, including transhiatal [2] or transthoracic [3] esophagectomy, accompanied by reconstruction of the digestive conduit. Cases of diaphragmatic herniation (DH) after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer have been previously reported. DH is rec...

Chylotorax is a relatively uncommon and difficult to treat complication after esophagectomy for cancer. We report a case of a young adult male who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiationtherapy followed by Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for a squamous-cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus. During the postoperative course the patient presented recurrent episodes of hemodynamic instability mimicking card...

An esophagectomy remains the mainstay treatment for esophageal cancer, and an R0 resection is the most important type of surgery performed with a curative intent. Although a transthoracic esophagectomy is thought to offer better chance for cure in comparison to a transhiatal esophagectomy, the superiority of the former procedure over the latter has not been demonstrated by randomized clinical t...

BACKGROUND Recent advances in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery have made it possible to perform esophagectomy using minimally invasive techniques. The aim of this report was to present our preliminary experience with minimally invasive esophagectomy. METHODS We reviewed our experience on eight patients who underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy using either laparoscopic and/or thora...