A descriptive comparison of postoperative outcomes between hybrid mediastino-thoracoscopic approach and conventional thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.
Hiroyuki KitagawaKeiichiro YokotaMasato UtsunomiyaTsutomu NamikawaMichiya KobayashiKazuhiro HanazakiPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
The hybrid mediastino-thoracoscopic approach could be safely adapted to elderly or cardiopulmonary diseased patients; however, short sternal-vertebral distance might be a risk factor of postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.