Progress of minimally invasive esophagectomy / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Traditional open esophagectomy is associated with significant mortality and morbidity.Some researches have suggested that the incidence of the complications may be decreased with minimally invasive esophagectomy which has equivalent survival rate compared with open esophagectomy.It may become a tendency of esophageal surgery.This article reviewed the progress of minimally invasive esophagectomy.