Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Ming-ran Xie, MD, PhD, Chang-qing Liu, MD, Ming-fa Guo, MD, Xin-yu Mei, MD, PhD, Xiao-hui Sun, MD, Mei-qing Xu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 5, Pages 1721-1727 (May 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram of the study. (MIILE = minimally invasive Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy; OILE = open Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 The locations of the abdominal port sites. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 The creation of the gastric conduit. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 The locations of the thoracoscopic ports. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 A purse-string clamp device was inserted through the minimally incision and secured with a purse-string suture. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 The 25-mm circular stapler was placed transthoracically into the gastric conduit, and construction of a stapled esophagogastric anastomosis was performed. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 7 The gastrotomy was closed with an endovascular gastrointestinal anastomosis stapler. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1721-1727DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.054) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions