title: Reply: To PMID 24650587.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: wang.qun@zs-hospital.sh.cn.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*