Saturday, January 16, 2010

Esophageal cancer

I had a partail esophagectomy with partial proximal gastrectomy reconstructed by esophagogastrosotomy for the first time in 3years.
It was a severe advanced esophageal cancer located on the zigzag line. The most important point of this surgery is how to dissect lymph nodes in appropriate way and region. But in case of advanced cancer, we cannot take control of disease with surgery alone. The patients need to receive additional chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Maybe they have a poor outcome.

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