Combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy: experience, technique and cautions.
We described a 59-year-old female, who came to our institute with the diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The preoperative clinical diagnosis was stage II esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The three-stage minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE), combined thoracoscopic-laparoscopic esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis, was performed in this case. The lateral-prone decubitus position and Harmonic scalpel facilitate the operation.
['Zhang|Yong|Y|', 'Zhang|Guang-Jian|GJ|', 'Wu|Qi-Fei|QF|', 'Jia|Zhuo-Qi|ZQ|', 'Li|Shuo|S|', 'Fu|Jun-Ke|JK|']
thoracoscopic laparoscopic Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE)