title: Pre-operative estimation of complete resection for patients with oesophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Three hundred and seventy-nine patients were studied retrospectively regarding the possibility of a complete resection of the oesophageal carcinoma based on the combined findings of pre-operative oesophagogoraphy and computed tomography (CT). One hundred and four out of 129 patients (96.1%) having lesions which did not demonstrate all three of the aforementioned factors (a lesion shorter than 8 cm, a normal oesophageal axis, and normal contact of the lesion with neighboring organs in CT) underwent a complete resection of the oesophageal lesion. Fifty-three percent of the patients (52/97) with a lesion showing only one of these factors had a complete resection. Whereas, on the other hand, a complete removal of the malignancy was only possible in 22% of the patients with two or all three of the findings. Moreover, as a result of further analysis limited for resected cases, the number of positive factors in these pre-operative findings correlated with the advancement of the surgical stage, which reflected a curability in surgery and a rate of postoperative complications. In order to make adequate plans for the treatment of patients with advanced oesophageal cancer, the finding of (i) the length of lesion, (ii) a deep ulceration and deformity of the oesophageal axis and (iii) any abnormal contact in CT, are considered to be very useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sadanaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikebe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsufuji
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed