Immediate extubation after esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy enables early ambulation in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer.

Takeharu ImaiTetsuya AbeNorihisa UemuraKazuhiro YoshidaYasuhiro Shimizu

Published in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2018)

IE in the operating room is not only safe and feasible, even after transthoracic esophagectomy with radical 3-field lymphadenectomy, but also contributes to decrease in catecholamine use, to increase in ambulation on POD 1 and to shorten the ICU stay.

Keyphrases

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