Esophageal carcinoma is an aggressive malignant disease with poor prognosis. Surgical resection remains the most effective method for this malignancy. Although different approaches have been studied for the surgical resection of thoracic esophageal cancer, little evidence has been achieved due to lack of large scale multicenter randomized trials with regard to this issue: whether left transthoracic approach or right transthoracic approach is the optimal surgical approach for treating middle and lower thoracic esophageal cancer without upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis. The purpose of this study is to compare the postoperative local recurrence rate and long-term outcome of esophagectomy through left and right transthoracic approach in the middle and lower thoracic esophageal cancer patients without preoperative upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis.
Age range
18 Years – 75 Years
Sex
ALL
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Long term survival
Timeframe: 5 years