Patterns of Recurrence and Long-Term Survival of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Versus Open Esophagectomy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: a Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.
Keijiro SugimuraHiroshi MiyataTakashi KanemuraTomohira TakeokaTakahito SugaseToru MasuzawaShinnsuke KatsuyamaMasaaki MotooriYutaka TakedaKohei MurataMasakiho YanoPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)
MIE has less intramediastinal LN recurrence than OE and may lead to a better long-term prognosis in patients with advanced esophageal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy.