| Yong Zhou. Removal of esophageal benign tumors with gastroscope-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Oncol Transl Med, 2014, 13: 413-416. |
| Removal of esophageal benign tumors with gastroscope-assisted thoracoscopic surgery |
| Received:June 30, 2014 Revised:September 03, 2014 |
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| KeyWord:esophageal leiomyoma; mesenchymoma; video-assisted thoracoscope operation; fiber gastroscope |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | Yong Zhou | The Affiliated Gulou Hospital of Nanjing University Medical college | 13405858786@163.com |
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| Abstract: |
| Objective To report our experience in the treatment of benign esophageal tumors with fiberoptic gastroscope-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Patients and methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 24 consecutive patients (22 with esophageal leiomyoma and 2 with esophageal mesenchymoma) who underwent gastroscope-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. There were 17 male and 7 female with a mean age of 36 years. The tumors were located in the upper and middle part of the esophagus in 17 cases and lower part in 7 cases. Results All 24 procedures were successfully performed. The median operative time was 84 minutes and the median hospital stay was 7.5 days. One esophageal perforation due to dissection of a large lesion occurred intraoperatively, which was repaired by suturing. No deaths or other severe postoperative complications were encountered during the median follow-up period of 20.5 months.
Conclusion Gastroscope-assisted thoracoscopic surgery provides a safe and effective alternative to open thoracotomy in the treatment of benign esophageal tumors. |
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