title: [The road to modern esophageal surgery - from maximally invasive to minimally invasive].
abstract: 520 new cases of esophageal carcinoma are diagnosed in Switzerland per year. 80% of these patients eventually die from their disease despite recent advances in surgical technique and systemic treatment. The first successful thoracic esophageal resection for carcinoma was performed in 1913, but only the introduction of modern anesthesia with oral intubation and positive pressure ventilation made thoracic operations routinely feasible. Esophageal resection can be performed open or minimally invasive. The minimally invasive esophageal resection has been proven to be safe with comparable mortality to open resection. Also, there is no difference in terms of radicality of the operation. Overall survival seems to be equal in published series, but results of prospective trials are still pending.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: von Holzen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D004946:Esophagostomy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
keywords: Chirurgie; chirurgie; esophagus; minimal-invasiv; minimally invasive; oesophage; surgery; technique mini-invasive; Ösophagus