TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH POOR QUALITY LYMPHADENECTOMY.
Flávio Roberto TakedaFrancisco TustumiBruna de Camargo NigroRubens Antonio Aissar SallumUlysses Ribeiro JuniorIvan CecconeloPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2019)
Patients submitted to esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, thoracoscopic access is more accurate for pathological staging, even in a complete pathological response. With a proper patient selection, transhiatal surgery may preserve the quality of lymphadenectomy of the positive lymph nodes.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- robot assisted
- sentinel lymph node
- end stage renal disease
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- early stage
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- locally advanced
- lymph node metastasis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- high resolution
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention