Thoracic Key

Fig. 15.1 The gastroepiploic arcade Fig. 15.2 The left gastric artery. (Reprint with permission from Fisichella et al, Atlas of esophageal surgery, Springer, 2015) Fig. 15.3 Hiatus with right crus…

, Jian Zhou1 and Qun Wang2 (1) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, No.11, Xizhimen South Street, Beijing, 100044, China (2) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, No….

, Hui-Ping Liu1  , Sean C. Wightman2, Mark K. Ferguson3  , Christopher W. Seder4  , Michael J. Liptay4, Yi Feng5   and Juan Zhu5 (1) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan (2) Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, 5841 S….

Fig. 14.1 Supine position with elevation of pelvic region, umbilical incision as observation port for laparoscope, incisions at the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle and both costal margin…

Surgical technique Abdominal phase Thoracic phase Location of anastomosis Hybrid tranthoracic Laparoscopic or Hand-assisted Open Introthoracic hand-assisted Hybrid tranthoracic Open Thoracoscopic Introthoracic Hybrid 3-field Open Thoracoscopic Cervical MIE 3-field Laparoscopic…

Fig. 16.1 (a) Position of the patient, surgeons and video monitor. (b) Sites of the four trocars. Roman numerals indicate the rib numbers. MAL mid-axillary line, PAL posterior axillary line…

Fig. 17.1 360° of articulation of robotic instruments Table 17.1 Selected robotic esophagectomy series   Total # Approach Robotic component # of Lymph nodes Morbidity and mortality Kernstine [11] 14…