Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
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Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi · Jan 2008
[Experience of surgical treatment for cervical esophageal carcinoma].
To summarize the experience of surgical treatment for cervical esophageal carcinoma. ⋯ For patients with early stage cervical esophageal carcinoma and with proximal end of residual normal esophagus longer than 2 cm, the optimal therapy should be surgery. For most of the patients, surgery combined with neoadjuvant radiotherapy is the ideal therapeutic strategy, which can lower the risk of positive revised margin, improve the possibility of preserving the laryngeal function and result in the improvement of 5-year survival rate. Esophagectomy without thoracotomy should be preferred. Combined organ resection or bilateral lymph node dissection should be chosen carefully because these operating procedures may lead to severe injury and function lose.
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Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi · Jan 2008
[Effect of thoracic duct ligation during transthoracic esophagectomy on the prevention of post-operative chylothorax in different tumor locations].
To investigate the effect of thoracic duct ligation during transthoracic esophagectomy on preventing post-operative chylothorax in different tumor locations. ⋯ Thoracic duct ligation as preventive measure can not decrease the incidence of chylothorax secondary to esophagectomy.