[Clinical therapeutic effect of esophageal carcinoma with hand video assisted surgery].
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.
Du
Jia-jun
JJ
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China. dujiajun66@tom.com
Meng
Long
L
Chen
Jing-han
JH
Peng
Zhong-min
ZM
Wang
Lei
L
Zhang
Lin
L
Wang
Xiao-Hang
XH
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