The short-term effect of thoracoscopic radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer and its effect on stress response and inflammatory response / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the short-term effect of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of esophageal cancer and its impact on stress response and inflammatory response.Methods:The clinical data of 124 patients with esophageal cancer admitted to Huai′an Cancer Hospital from March 2018 to March 2020 were analyzed. The patients in observation group (62 cases) were treated with thoracoscopic esophagectomy and the patients in control group (62 cases) were treated with traditional open esophagectomy. The changes of perioperative indexes, postoperative complications, stress response, inflammatory response indexes before and 3 d after operation, and pulmonary function before and 1 month after operation were compared between the two groups.Results:The intraoperative blood loss in the observation group was less than that in the control group (189.52 ± 37.28) ml vs. (258.94 ± 32.14) ml; the operation time in the observation group was longer than that in the control group (271.92 ± 25.43) min vs. (231.09 ± 23.16) min, and the differences were statistically significant ( t = 11.105, 9.347, P<0.05). But there was no significant difference in the total number of lymph node dissection between the two groups ( t = 1.295, P>0.05). The postoperative complications in the observation group was less than that in the control group 9.68%(6/62) vs. 24.19%(15/62), χ2 = 4.644, P<0.05. The serum levels of cortisol and norepinephrine at 3 d after operation in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (145.32 ± 12.39) μg/L vs. (197.56 ± 18.78) μg/L, (84.54 ± 5.98) μg/L vs. (98.93 ± 7.26) μg/L, and the differences were statistically significant ( t = 18.283, 12.047, P<0.05). The serum levels of interleukin 6, C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factoralpha at 3 d after operation in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (101.31 ± 6.56) μg/L vs. (149.09 ± 12.31) μg/L, (18.94 ± 4.53) mg/L vs. (29.95 ± 4.16) mg/L, (84.52 ± 5.89) ng/L vs. (109.32 ± 8.64) ng/L, and the differences were statistically significant ( t = 26.972, 14.096, 18.675, P<0.05). The levels of the first second forced expiratory volume (FEV 1) as a percentage of the estimated value and the ratio of FEV 1 and forced vital capacity at 1 month after operation in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (8.79 ± 4.50)% vs. (72.16 ± 3.64)%, (67.84 ± 3.24)% vs. (60.39 ± 4.15)%, and the differences were statistically significant ( t = 9.020, 11.142, P<0.05). Conclusions:The short-term effect of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of esophageal cancer is obvious, and the stress response, inflammatory response and lung function are less affected.