Minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

Nguyen, Ninh T MD
Follette, David M MD
Lemoine, Philippe H MD
Roberts, Peter F MD
Goodnight, James E Jr MD, PhD

^aDepartment of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA

^*Address reprint requests to Dr Nguyen, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, 2221 Stockton Blvd, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95817-1418; e-mail: [email protected].

Accepted for publication Aug 2, 2000.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 72(2):p 593-596, August 2001. | DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02261-X

Ivor Lewis esophagectomy consists of a laparotomy and right thoracotomy for resection of the intrathoracic esophagus. Recent advances in minimally invasive surgical technology have allowed surgeons to apply laparoscopy and thoracoscopy to perform esophagectomy. However, there have been few reports that describe a totally minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. We present a case of combined laparoscopic and thoracoscopic resection of the distal third esophagus with an intrathoracic esophagogastric reconstruction for esophageal carcinoma.