Efficacy of CO2 insufflation during thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the left lateral position.
Itasu NinomiyaKoichi OkamotoSachio FushidaKatsunobu OyamaJun KinoshitaHiroyuki TakamuraHidehiro TajimaIsamu MakinoTomoharu MiyashitaTetsuo OhtaPublished in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2017)
Intrathoracic CO2 insufflation is beneficial to make satisfactory surgical field and to reduce thoracic blood loss in TE. Application of intrathoracic CO2 insufflation may contribute to the widespread adoption of TE in the left lateral position.