Mediastinal Adiposity Influences the Technical Difficulty of Thoracic Procedure in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Akihiko Okamura,Masayuki Watanabe,Takanori Kurogochi,Yu Imamura,Koujiro Nishida,Shinji Mine

Mediastinal Adiposity Influences the Technical Difficulty of Thoracic Procedure in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

2016

Akihiko Okamura
Masayuki Watanabe
Takanori Kurogochi
Yu Imamura
Koujiro Nishida
Shinji Mine

Background Obesity is considered to influence the difficulty of surgery. However, whether mediastinal adiposity influences the difficulty of the thoracic procedure in minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) remains unclear.

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Esophagectomy
Thoracic duct
Esophageal cancer
General surgery
Bronchial artery
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Medicine
Abdominal surgery
Surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Vascular surgery
Cardiac surgery

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