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Minimally Invasive Esophageal Resection

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In 1991, Dallemagne introduced the right thoracoscopic approach for oesophageal cancer with total lung block, thereby mimicking the conventional approach.. Initial reports showed a high conversion rate to thoracotomy and a high respiratory morbidity. Searching for reduction of the conversion rate and the respiratory infection rate, Cuschieri et al. designed the thoracoscopic approach in prone decubitus position so that a total collapse of the lung was no longer necessary for dissecting the oesophagus and thereby possibly reducing the rate of respiratory infections. After a feasibility period, the Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE) approach in prone or lateral position is widely implemented and increasingly performed all over the world for patients with resectable esophageal cancer to reduce postoperative respiratory complications and enhance the quality of life by avoiding a right thoracotomy and laparotomy.

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    Donald L. van der Peet & Miguel A. Cuesta MD

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van der Peet, D.L., Cuesta, M.A. (2017). Minimally Invasive Esophageal Resection. In: Bonjer, H. (eds) Surgical Principles of Minimally Invasive Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43196-3_9

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