Generation of a Surgical Field in the Left Lateral Decubitus Position

Shizuoka Cancer Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Esophageal Cancer; Thoracic Diseases

Treatments: Other: Thoracoscopic esophagectomy in left decubitus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04683601

ShizuokaCC 2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The generation of a good surgical field at the mid-lower mediastinum during thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the left lateral decubitus position is often complicated. The investigators developed a simple and useful technique for surgical field generation.

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who underwent thoracoscopic esophageal resection from April 2015 to December 2019 in our hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• patients who underwent open thoracotomy