title: Minimally invasive esophagectomy-left neck anastomosis.
abstract: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is supplementary to open surgery in the thoracic surgery. A 65-year-old male was identified with middle thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by gastroscopy. In preoperative examinations, neither obvious abnormality nor distant metastasis was noted, and he could tolerate the esophagectomy according to his heart and lung function tests. Chest computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic ultrasonography showed no visible swollen lymph node in the mediastinum. The cTNM classification was T2N0M0. Therefore, MIE was performed. The patient recovered well after the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Huaguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Zaicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Renquan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 23002, China.
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
keywords: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE); esophagectomy; laparoscope; thoracoscope