@article{JTD476,
author = {Miguel A. Cuesta and Surya S. A. Y. Biere and Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen and Donald L. van der Peet},
title = {Randomised trial, Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy versus open oesophagectomy for patients with resectable oesophageal cancer},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {4},
number = {5},
year = {2012},
keywords = {},
abstract = {In 1991, Dallemagne introduced the right thoracoscopic approach for oesophageal cancer with total lung block, thereby mimicking the conventional approach (1). Initial reports showed a high conversion rate to thoracotomy of 10% to 17% and a high respiratory morbidity of 17% to 42% (2-3). Searching for reduction of the conversion rate and the respiratory infection rate, Cuschieri et al. designed the thoracoscopic approach in prone decubitus position so that a total collapse of the lung was no longer necessary for dissecting the oesophagus and thereby possibly reducing the rate of respiratory infections (4).},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/476}
}