Reducing pulmonary complications after esophagectomy for cancer.

Reducing pulmonary complications after esophagectomy for cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Apr;11(Suppl 5):S794-S798 Authors: Seesing MFJ, Kingma BF, Weijs TJ, Ruurda JP, van Hillegersberg R Abstract The cornerstone of curative care for esophageal cancer is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagectomy with a radical lymphadenectomy. An esophagectomy is a major and complex surgical procedure and is often followed by postoperative morbidity, especially pulmonary complications. These complications may lead to an increase in hospital stay, intensive care unit admission rate and mortality. Therefore, perioperative strategies to reduce these complications have been investigated and implemented in clinical practice. In this review we highlight the influence of minimally invasive surgery, postoperative pain management, early identification of complications and the usage of uniform definitions on (pulmonary) complications after esophagectomy. Finally, we will discuss some future perspectives. PMID: 31080660 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research