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Esophageal surgery embraces a wide range of procedures from esophagoscopy through fundoplication to esophagectomy with reconstruction. This chapter aims to provide useful information on esophageal surgical complications, risks, and consequences. For other associated procedures refer to the relevant chapter and volume.

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Total Esophagectomy

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    Google Scholar 

  • Biere SS, Cuesta MA, van der Peet DL. Minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Minerva Chir. 2009;64(2):121–33. Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boudourakis LD, Wang TS, Roman SA, Desai R, Sosa JA. Evolution of the surgeon-volume, patient-outcome relationship. Ann Surg. 2009;250(1):159–65.

    Google Scholar 

  • Clemente CD. Anatomy – a regional atlas of the human body. 4th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; 1997.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cooke DT, Lin GC, Lau CL, Zhang L, Si MS, Lee J, Chang AC, Pickens A, Orringer MB. Analysis of cervical esophagogastric anastomotic leaks after transhiatal esophagectomy: risk factors, presentation, and detection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88(1):177–84; discussion 184–5.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dai YY, Gretschel S, Dudeck O, Rau B, Schlag PM, Hünerbein M. Treatment of oesophageal anastomotic leaks by temporary stenting with self-expanding plastic stents. Br J Surg. 2009;96(8):887–91.

    Google Scholar 

  • Demeester SR. Evaluation and treatment of superficial esophageal cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010;14 Suppl 1:S94–100.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fang WT, Chen WH. Current trends in extended lymph node dissection for esophageal carcinoma. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2009;17(2):208–13. Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grotenhuis BA, Wijnhoven BP, van Marion R, van Dekken H, Hop WC, Tilanus HW, van Lanschot JJ, van Eijck CH. The sentinel node concept in adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;138(3):608–12.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamouda AH, Forshaw MJ, Tsigritis K, Jones GE, Noorani AS, Rohatgi A, Botha AJ. Perioperative outcomes after transition from conventional to minimally invasive Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy in a specialized center. Surg Endosc. 2010;24(4):865–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jamieson GG. The anatomy of general surgical operations. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston; 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jamieson GG, Mathew G, Ludemann R, Wayman J, Myers JC, Devitt PG. Postoperative mortality following oesophagectomy and problems in reporting its rate. Br J Surg. 2004;91(8):943–7. Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kim DJ, Hyung WJ, Lee CY, Lee JG, Haam SJ, Park IK, Chung KY. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: feasibility and safety of robotic assistance in the prone position. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;139(1):53–59.e1.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kohn GP, Galanko JA, Meyers MO, Feins RH, Farrell TM. National trends in esophageal surgery – are outcomes as good as we believe? J Gastrointest Surg. 2009;13(11):1900–10; discussion 1910–2.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotzampassakis N, Christodoulou M, Krueger T, Demartines N, Vuillemier H, Cheng C, Dorta G, Ris HB. Esophageal leaks repaired by a muscle onlay approach in the presence of mediastinal sepsis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88(3):966–72.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lee PC, Port JL, Paul S, Stiles BM, Altorki NK. Predictors of long-term survival after resection of esophageal carcinoma with nonregional nodal metastases. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88(1):186–92; discussion 192–3.

    Google Scholar 

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    Google Scholar 

  • Miyata H, Yamasaki M, Takiguchi S, Nakajima K, Fujiwara Y, Nishida T, Mori M, Doki Y. Salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy for thoracic esophageal cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2009;100(6):442–6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Paul S, Altorki NK, Port JL, Stiles BM, Lee PC. Surgical management of chylothorax. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;57(4):226–8.

    Google Scholar 

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    Google Scholar 

  • Qureshi I, Shende M, Luketich JD. Surgical palliation for Barrett’s esophagus cancer. Surg Oncol Clin North Am. 2009;18(3):547–60. Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rice S, Watson DI, Lally CJ, Devitt PG, Game PA, Jamieson GG. Laparoscopic anterior 180 degrees partial fundoplication: five-year results and beyond. Arch Surg. 2006;141(3):271–5.

    Google Scholar 

  • Verhage RJ, Hazebroek EJ, Boone J, Van Hillegersberg R. Minimally invasive surgery compared to open procedures in esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review of the literature. Minerva Chir. 2009;64(2):135–46. Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wright CD, Kucharczuk JC, O’Brien SM, Grab JD, Allen MS; Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database. Predictors of major morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk adjustment model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;137(3): 587–95; discussion 596. Erratum in: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;137(6):1581.

    Google Scholar 

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    Glyn G. Jamieson M.D., MS, MBBS, FRACS, FACS, FRCS & Brendon J. Coventry BMBS, PhD, FRACS, FACS, FRSM

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Jamieson, G.G., Coventry, B.J. (2014). Esophageal Surgery. In: Coventry, B. (eds) Upper Abdominal Surgery. Surgery: Complications, Risks and Consequences. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5436-5_3

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