title: [Clinical therapeutic effect of esophageal carcinoma with hand video assisted surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical therapeutic effect of esophageal carcinoma with hand video assisted surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty cases which C TNM stage was T3N1M0 received hand video assisted surgery (HVATS group), 40 cases received routine operation (control group). Recurrence survival analysis of each group was analyzed with SPSS10.0 software according to the date of the stage and survival rate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All group have satisfied surgical result. All patients have good quality of life. The 3 year survival rate was 52.7% in HVATS group and 51.3% in control group. The difference of survival rate was no significance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hand video assisted surgery for esophageal carcinoma had same result as routine thoracic operation. Short operation time, less trauma and fast recovery are the advantages of hand video assisted surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China. dujiajun66@tom.com
authors.forename: Jia-jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jing-han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhong-min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Hang
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome