Minimally invasive esophagectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis of semiprone versus prone position
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DOI: 10.1007/s00464-017-5975-1
Abstract: BackgroundThe preferred surgical approach for esophageal cancer is a minimally invasive transthoracic esophagectomy with a two-field lymph node dissection. The thoracoscopic phase may be performed either in prone- or in left lateral decubitus (LLD) position.… read more here.
Keywords: minimally invasive; position; prone position; semiprone ... See more keywords