Over the last decades, the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer has evolved into a
multidisciplinary process in which all players are essential for treatment to be successful …

Early carcinomas of the esophagus are histologically classified as adenocarcinoma or
squamous cell carcinoma and microscopically subdivided into mucosal and submucosal …

BACKGROUND Previous meta-analyses, with many limitations, have described the
beneficial nature of minimal invasive procedures. AIM To compare all modalities of …

Background Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury caused by esophagectomy may lead to
postoperative morbidity, however data on long-term recovery are scarce. The aim of this …

Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) was introduced in the 1990s with the aim to
decrease the rate of respiratory complications associated with thoracotomy, along with the …

Background Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery has been identified as priori choice
compared with open approaches in esophageal cancer surgery. With the developments in …

Robotic assisted minimal invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is increasingly applied as a
clinically and oncologically safe technique in the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer …

Until now, neoadjuvant therapy plus surgical resection of the primary tumor and potential
metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) has been the current optimal treatment for locally advanced …

Esophagectomy for cancer of the esophagus is increasingly performed using minimally
invasive techniques. After the introduction of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) in the …

Background Surgical esophagectomy plays a crucial role in the curative and palliative
treatment of esophageal cancer. Thereby, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is …