Minimally invasive oesophagectomy with extended lymph node dissection and thoracic duct resection for early-stage oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Matsuda ◽  
H. Kawakubo ◽  
H. Takeuchi ◽  
M. Hayashi ◽  
S. Mayanagi ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 122-123
Author(s):  
Qiang Lv

Abstract Background Early radical resections are the main treatment methods towards esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Classic transthoracic esophagectomy (McKeown approach) could resect esophagus lesion as a whole piece, so the surgical results could be satisfactory and the regional lymph node dissection could be clean. With the maturation of video-assisted thoracoscope in thoracic surgeries, good vision, subtle operating system, and mature operating technologies have made the multi-portal thoracoscopic minimally invasive laparoscopic esophageal resection more and more mature. Meanwhile, SPVATS gradually appeared, which was firstly used in simple thoracic surgeries, and further applied to lung and mediastinal tumor resection; relevant summaries have been reported, and the feasibility of SPVATS for standard mediastinal lymph node dissection was also further verified.The application of SPVATS towards TESCC has also been gradually carried out. Would minimally invasive esophagectomy be safe? Whether SPVATS could be used in the McKeown approach for TESCC? Whether SPVATS could safely resect esophagus, and perform standard dissection towards local esophageal region and mediastinal lymph nodes, as well as avoid damaging the surrounding organs and tissues? Some scholars had compared SPVATS and multi-portal VATS in treating medio-inferior TESCC. Methods METHODS: 25 McKeown approach-based SPVATS surgeries (19 males and 6 females, aged 42–70years) were carried out from January 2015 to December 2017 to treat TESCC, including 2 case in upper thoracic segment, 15 cases in median thoracic segment, and 8 cases in inferior thoracic segment. All the cases were pathologically diagnosed as SCC preoperatively. SPVATS was performed to free thoracic esophagus and dissect the lymph nodes, and laparoscopy was performed to free stomach and to perform esophagus-left gastric collum anastomosis. Results RESULTS: All the patients were successfully completed SPVATS, with average thoracic surgery time as 150 min, intraoperative blood loss as 30–260 ml (average 90 ml), and postoperative hospital stay as 9–16d (average 12d). Conclusion CONCLUSIONS: SPVATS was technically feasible and safe in treating TESCC using McKeown approach, with less trauma and rapid postoperative recovery, so it could be used as a new surgical option for McKeown approach-based TESCC treatment. Disclosure All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Duan ◽  
Xiaobin Shang ◽  
Jie Yue ◽  
Zhao Ma ◽  
Chuangui Chen ◽  
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Abstract Background A nomogram was developed to predict lymph node metastasis (LNM) for patients with early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods We used the clinical data of ESCC patients with pathological T1 stage disease who underwent surgery from January 2011 to June 2018 to develop a nomogram model. Multivariable logistic regression was used to confirm the risk factors for variable selection. The risk of LNM was stratified based on the nomogram model. The nomogram was validated by an independent cohort which included early ESCC patients underwent esophagectomy between July 2018 and December 2019. Results Of the 223 patients, 36 (16.1%) patients had LNM. The following three variables were confirmed as LNM risk factors and were included in the nomogram model: tumor differentiation (odds ratio [OR] = 3.776, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.515–9.360, p = 0.004), depth of tumor invasion (OR = 3.124, 95% CI 1.146–8.511, p = 0.026), and tumor size (OR = 2.420, 95% CI 1.070–5.473, p = 0.034). The C-index was 0.810 (95% CI 0.742–0.895) in the derivation cohort (223 patients) and 0.830 (95% CI 0.763–0.902) in the validation cohort (80 patients). Conclusions A validated nomogram can predict the risk of LNM via risk stratification. It could be used to assist in the decision-making process to determine which patients should undergo esophagectomy and for which patients with a low risk of LNM, curative endoscopic resection would be sufficient.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Teng ◽  
Jinlin Cao ◽  
Jinming Xu ◽  
Cheng He ◽  
Chong Zhang ◽  
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Abstract   Minimally invasive esophagectomy is increasingly performed for esophageal squamous carcinoma, with advantages of improved perioperative outcomes in comparison with open esophagectomy. Lymph node dissection is one of most important prognostic factors, in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. It is still unknown whether MIE can meet the criteria of lymph node dissection in the mediastinum, especially in T1 and T2 esophageal cancer. Here, we compared the lymph node dissection between MIE and open surgery. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathological data from 147 patients who underwent open surgery and MIE for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from December 2016 to January 2020. The clinicopathological data including age, gender, number of lymph node resected were analyzed. Results 68 patients underwent MIE and 79 patients underwent open surgery. The number of harvested lymph node didn’t differ between the open surgery group and MIE group (26 ± 11.9 vs 26 ± 13.4, respectively, p = 0.128). However, the number of resected lymph node in the low para-esophageal region was significantly higher in open surgery group (4.1 ± 3.9 vs 2.8 ± 2.6, respectively, p = 0.019). The number of resected lymph node in the upper mediastinal region was significantly higher in the MIE group in T1 and T2 patients (4.7 ± 3.8 vs 2.7 ± 2.9, respectively, p = 0.014). the difference was also noticed in the para-recurrent laryngeal lymph node regions (3.6 ± 2.9 vs 2.0 ± 2.3, respectively, p = 0.020). Conclusion For stages T1 and T2 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, the lymph node dissection by MIE was comparable to that by open surgery. However, the number of harvested lymph node in the upper mediastinal region was better in the MIE group, which may indicate a better outcome. There was no difference in the postoperative complications, hospital stay and overall survival rate.


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