naa a22 4500 510727824 CHVBK 20180411082942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-013-0258-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-013-0258-9 Current status of minimally invasive esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer [Elektronische Daten] [Hiroya Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yuko Kitagawa] Technical advancements and development of endoscopic equipment in thoracoscopic surgery have resulted in increase in the popularity of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE). However, advantages with regard to short-term outcome and oncological feasibility of MIE have not been adequately established. To date, a number of single-institution studies and several meta-analyses have demonstrated acceptable short-term outcomes of thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, and the outcomes are comparable to those of conventional open esophagectomy (OE). A study group recently reported the results of the first multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) that compared MIE and OE. The incidence of pulmonary infection after surgery was markedly lower in the MIE group than in the OE group. Additional benefits of MIE included less operative blood loss, better postoperative patients' quality of life, and shorter hospital stay. However, the oncological benefit to patients undergoing MIE has not been scientifically proven because there have been no RCTs to verify the equivalency in long-term survival of patients undergoing MIE compared with that of patients undergoing OE. If future prospective studies indicate oncological benefits, MIE could truly become the standard care for patients with esophageal cancer. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2013 Esophageal cancer nationallicence Thoracoscopy nationallicence Laparoscopy nationallicence Complication nationallicence Prone nationallicence Takeuchi Hiroya Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut Kawakubo Hirofumi Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut Kitagawa Yuko Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/9(2013-09-01), 513-521 1863-6705 61:9<513 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0258-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0258-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takeuchi Hiroya Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kawakubo Hirofumi Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kitagawa Yuko Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/9(2013-09-01), 513-521 1863-6705 61:9<513 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer