TY - JOUR
T1 - Short and long-term advantages of transhiatal and transthoracic oesophageal cancer resection
AU - Omloo, J. M. T.
AU - Law, S. Y. K.
AU - Launois, B.
AU - Le Prisé, E.
AU - Wong, J.
AU - van Berge Henegouwen, M. I.
AU - van Lanschot, J. J. B.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Two major surgical strategies to improve survival rates after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer have emerged during the past decades; (limited) transhiatal oesophagectomy and (extended) transthoracic oesophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy. This overview describes short and long-term advantages of these two strategies. In the short term, transhiatal oesophagectomy is accompanied by less morbidity. In the long term, this strategy is only preferable for patients with tumours located at the gastro-oesophageal junction, without involved lymph nodes in the proximal compartment of the chest. For patients with tumours located in the oesophagus, the transthoracic route with extended lymphadenectomy is probably preferred, because of improved long-term survival
AB - Two major surgical strategies to improve survival rates after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer have emerged during the past decades; (limited) transhiatal oesophagectomy and (extended) transthoracic oesophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy. This overview describes short and long-term advantages of these two strategies. In the short term, transhiatal oesophagectomy is accompanied by less morbidity. In the long term, this strategy is only preferable for patients with tumours located at the gastro-oesophageal junction, without involved lymph nodes in the proximal compartment of the chest. For patients with tumours located in the oesophagus, the transthoracic route with extended lymphadenectomy is probably preferred, because of improved long-term survival
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2008.10.005
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2008.10.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19010634
SN - 0748-7983
VL - 35
SP - 793
EP - 797
JO - European journal of surgical oncology
JF - European journal of surgical oncology
IS - 8
ER -