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Objective To analyze effects comparison of thoracoscopy combined with laparoscopy surgery and the conventional thoracotomy in treatment of esophageal cancer.Methods 88 patients with esophageal carcinoma in the past two years in our department were randomly divided into the two groups according to the digital form,each group had 44 cases.The control group was given radical operation as the treatment for esophageal carcinoma,while the observation group used thoracoscope combined with laparoscope radical operation for treatment.The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared.Results The operation time of the observation group was slightly higher than that of the control group (t =1.372,P ＞ 0.05),the number of lymph node dissection in the observation group was more than that of the control group (t =1.573,P ＞ 0.05).The intraoperative blood loss [(85.6 ± 30.7) mL],postoperative extubation time [(4.1 ± 1.3) d],chest drainage volume [(550.0 ± 30.5) mL] and postoperative hospital stay [(10.8 ± 2.2)d] in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group [(220.4 ± 58.7)mL,(7.5 ±1.8)d,(1 130.0 ±50.8)mL,(17.1 ±3.8)d,(t =18.847,6.486,40.649,8.938,all P ＜0.05)].The incidence of postoperative complications in observation group(6.82％)was significantly lower than that of control group (27.27％) (x2 =5.143,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Thoracoscope and laparoscope combined surgery in treatment of esophageal carcinoma can shorten time of being in hospital,decrease blood loss,reduce the incidence of complications,receive high safety and remove lymph node more thoroughly.
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Objective To compare the outcome between McKeown minimally invasive approach and left chest-neck incision approach esophagectomy in mid-to-distal esophageal cancer.Methods The clinical data of 148 patients with mid-to-distal esophageal cancer from January 2009 to October 2013 were analyzed retrospectively.Seventy-eight patients (observation group) were performed with McKeown minimally invasive approach esophagectomy and 70 patients (control group) were performed with left chest-neck incision approach esophagectomy.The peroperative period status,postoperative complications and lymph nodes transfer between two groups were compared.Results All the operations were performed successfully.One patient in control group was dead because of acute myocardial infarction.The blood loss in observation group was significantly lower than that in control group[(89.2 ± 40.7) ml vs.(361.6 ± 81.5) ml] (P ＜ 0.05),the number of lymph nodes harvested and lymph node of thorax were significantly higher than those in control group[(22.8 ± 5.6) lymph nodes vs.(15.7 ± 3.4) lymph nodes,(14.7 ± 4.6) lymph nodes vs.(9.1 ± 3.6)lymph nodes] (P ＜ 0.05),the hospital stay was significantly shorter than that in control group [(11.6 ± 3.5)d vs.(14.0 ±6.6) d] (P ＜0.05).There were significant differences between two groups with regard to pneumonia,atelectasis,pleural effusion and delayed gastric emptying [5.1％ (4/78) vs.12.9％ (9/70),3.8％ (3/78) vs.11.4％(8/70),2.6％(2/78) vs.10.0％(7/70),9.0％(7/78) vs.1.4％(1/70)] (P ＜0.05).The transfer rate at the side of right recurrent laryngeal,left recurrent laryngeal and upper mediastinal lymph node in observation group were significantly higher than those in control group(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion McKeown minimally invasive approach esophagectomy is feasible and safe which has lower blood loss,lower respiratory complication,shorter hospital stay and more number of lymph nodes harvested.