TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY IN SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS: WHAT ARE THE BEST INDICATIONS?
Felipe Monge VieiraMarcio Fernandes ChedidRichard Ricachenevsky GurskiCarlos Cauduro SchirmerLeandro Totti CavazzolaRicardo Vitiello SchrammAndré Ricardo Pereira RosaCleber Dario Pinto KruelPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2021)
Transhiatal esophagectomy can be safely used in patients with malnutrition degree that allows the procedure, in those with associated respiratory disorders and in the elderly. It provides considerable long-term survival, especially in the absence of metastases to local lymph nodes. The wider use of neoadjuvant therapy has the potential to further increase long-term survival.