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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Thoracoscopic total laryngo-pharyngo-oesophagectomy for the pharyngoesophageal junction cancer: a single-center experience of multidisciplinary team

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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06706-8. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to review the surgical experience and evaluate the feasibility of thoracoscopic total laryngo-pharyngo-oesophagectomy by multidisciplinary team in the patients with pharyngoesophageal junction cancer.

METHODS: A total of 31 patients with pharyngoesophageal junction cancer who underwent thoracoscopic total laryngo-pharyngo-oesophagectomy with gastric pull-up reconstruction performed by a collaborative thoracic surgery and otolaryngology surgery team in our department from January 2009 to January 2019 were retrospectively analysed. Surgical experience, Postoperative morbidity, overall survival were evaluated.

RESULTS: The median age was 62 years old. Among these patients, 20 had hypopharyngeal cancer, 11 had cervical oesophageal cancer. No patients died during the perioperative period, a nd the median operation time was 4 h 30 min. The mean hospital stay was 13 days. The rate of complications was 32.3%. There were two cases of anastomotic leakage, four cases of moderate pulmonary infection. The median follow-up period was 31 months. Four patients were lost to follow-up in the second and fourth years and were considered to have died at that time. The 3- and 5-year overall survival rates were 52.6% and 31.6%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: As a salvage surgery, thoracoscopic total laryngo-pharyngo-oesophagectomy by multidisciplinary team can be performed with an acceptable level of perioperative morbidity and mortality, relatively good recovery, and acceptable survival outcome for patients with pharyngoesophageal junction cancer.

PMID:33651150 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06706-8

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