Laparoscopic hand-assisted versus open transhiatal esophagectomy: a case-control study

Abstract

The findings showed shorter operative time, less blood loss, and a shorter hospital stay with LTE than with OTE.

Systematic review of minimally invasive resection for gastro-oesophageal cancer

“…Selected n = 46 Randomized controlled trials n = 3 Case -matched studies n = 8 Case series n = 35 completely minimally invasive technique, 103 (two studies) a laparoscopic mobilization and a thoracotomy, 561 (eight studies) a thoracoscopic technique with laparotomy for gastric mobilization, and 82 (four studies) hand-assisted laparoscopic mobilization as part of either a transhiatal 12,13 or three-stage procedure 14,15 . Another technique employing a mediastinoscope was used in 41 patients (one study) 15 .…”

Is minimally invasive surgery beneficial in the management of esophageal cancer? A meta-analysis

“…Twelve studies [5,6,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] were identified comparing the three techniques in question. Six [6,9,12,13,18,19], four [5,6,14,17], and three studies [10,11,15] HMIE. On review of the data extracted, there was 100% agreement between the two reviewers.…”

Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy: Meta-Analysis of Outcomes

“…Using the electronic databases Medline, Embase, Pubmed and the Cochrane Library, we identified all English language comparative studies from 1997 to 2009 that involved minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. A combination of the following search terms were used: randomized controlled trials, comparative study, esophagectomy, minimally invasive surgery, open transhiatal, VATS, thoracoscopy, laparoscopic transhiatal, gastric conduit, thoracotomy and esophageal cancer.…”