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Objective To prospectively study the clinical diversity of the middle and lower segment of stage of esophageal cancer patients who accepted the thoracoscopic combined with laparoscopic esophagectomy ( TLE) between Mongolian and Han nationalities in Inner Mongolia , to further clarity the feasibility of TLE.Methods 92 consecutive cases of middle and lower segment of stage of esophageal cancer patients of Mongolian and Han were selected,and the patients accepted the TLE ,including 41 cases of Mongolian and 51 cases of Han.The postoperative pain was evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS) at 1-14d after operation,and the postoperative complication , the hospitalization of postoperation and the postoperative pathological situation were compared .Results Compared with the Han patients,the postoperative pain of Mongolian significantly reduced ,duration of postoperative of pain significantly shorter in the 1-5 d after surgery(P <0.05).Mongolian patients turned to mild pain in the second day of the postoperative period,and Han turned to mild pain in the fourth day after surgery .The postoperative pain in the 6-14 d after surgery of the Mongolian was not significantly different from Han (P >0.05).The Mongolian had lower incidence rate of postoperative complication compared with Han (9.8% vs.27.5%,χ2 =4.522,P <0.05).For example,the incidence rates of respiratory complications in Mongolian patients ,such as pulmonary infection,atelectasis and the occurrence of pleural effusion that need to be treated were significantly lower than those in Han (7.3% vs. 23.5%,2.4% vs.15.7%,4.9% vs.19.6%,P <0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of other complications(P >0.05).The postoperative hospitalization of Mongolian was significantly shorter than that of Han[(11.9 ±1.2) d vs.(15.5 ±1.0) d,t =-15.811,P <0.05].No significant difference in the total number of cases of lymph node dissection ,the abdominal lymph node dissection and the chest lymph node dissection . The number of the regional lymph nodes metastasis of Mongolian was higher than that of Han [(3.9 ±0.7) vs. (1.8 ±0.7),t =13.460,P <0.05],most of which were poorly differentiated (6 /25/10 vs 20 /20 /11,χ2 =7.139, P <0.05).Meanwhile,the incidence rates of cancer embolus in the vasculature and nerve invasion of Mongolian were higher than those of Han(75.6% vs.47.1%,70.7% vs.17.6%,χ2 =7.706,26.418,all P <0.05).Conclusion The Mongolian were more easily tolerant to the TLE,which has the advantages of reducing pain ,trauma,rapid recovery, satisfactory curative effect and the lesser postoperative complications .The degree of the malignancy of esophageal cancer of Mongolian was higher than Han .Mongolian who suffered from esophageal cancer needed earlier discovery , earlier treatment and further research of the causes of difference .
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Objective To investigate the cause of severe complications after arterial perfusion for esophageal cancer and the methods of prevention. Methods 368 cases of esophageal cancer were treated with arterial perfusion of drugs for chemotherapy. The treatment numbers were 909 including 215 males and 153 females with the age ranging from 39 to 86. These patients were verified as esophageal cancers histopathologically. Selective angiography of the relevant esophageal segments and drugs for perfusion chemotherapy were undertaken. Results The complications included one case of paralysis due to spinal cord injury, two cases with esophageal perforation and three cases of necrotic esophagitis. The case of paralysis died of original disease one month after the treatment. Of the cases of esophageal perforation, one formed the esophgus-trachea fistula and survived for eight months after being esophageal stent implantation and the other formed esophagus-mediastinum fistula and died of massive hemorrhage after six weeks. Three cases of necrotic esophagitis occurred at the normal segments of the esophagus and formed esophgeal perforation. Of these three cases, one formed esophago-broncheal fistula and survived up to now after creating drainage stoma of stomach. Two cases of the esophgus-mediastinum and esophgus-bronchius fistula died of severe infection. Conclusions Severe complications of esophageal arterial catheterization with drugs for chemotherapy are rare. Less harmful, non-ionization contrast medium, low cellular toxicity drugs for chemotherapy with proper doses and concentrations should be selected together with optimal speed of infusion. Esophageal internal stent placement drainage stoma creation of stomach should be the useful adjunct for severe complications.