Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.
Christophe MarietteSheraz R MarkarTienhan S Dabakuyo-YonliBernard MeunierDenis PezetDenis ColletXavier B D'JournoCécile BrigandThierry PerniceniNicolas CarrèreJean-Yves MabrutSimon MsikaFrédérique PeschaudMichel PrudhommeFranck BonnetainGuillaume Piessennull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2019)
We found that hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy resulted in a lower incidence of intraoperative and postoperative major complications, specifically pulmonary complications, than open esophagectomy, without compromising overall and disease-free survival over a period of 3 years. (Funded by the French National Cancer Institute; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00937456 .).