Objective To evaluate the clinical application of a right-thoracic approach with or without
laparotomy for mid-upper esophageal cancer. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the …

Background Esophageal cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies with a high
incidence and mortality in China, the main treatment for esophageal cancer at present is still …

Background Esophagectomy is regarded as one of the optimal treatments for resectable
esophageal cancer. However, the impact of surgical approach on the long-term prognosis of …

Objective To discuss the indication, the prevention and treatment of complications of the
esophagectomy through left thoracic and neck approach. Methods 2? 058 cases of …

Background: In China, open surgical approaches for esophageal cancer (EC) can be
divided into two techniques, the right-and left-transthoracic esophagectomy. Although there …

An exclusive right thoracic approach for esophagus surgery is rarely used, with few reports
of its use in C hina. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 21 esophageal cancer patients …

Objective: To investigate whether survival is improved by using the right thoracic approach
(extended lymphadenectomy) compared with the left thoracic approach (limited …

Background The Ivor Lewis and Sweet approaches are the two most widely used open
transthoracic esophagectomy techniques. We evaluated and compared the therapeutic …

Methods A total of 482 consecutive patients with middle thoracic esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma (ESCC) underwent transthoracic esophagectomy between January 1999 and …

Objective To compare the outcomes between modified McKeown minimally invasive
approach and open left chest-neck incision approach esophagectomy for treatment cancer …