Minimally Invasive Versus open AbdominoThoracic Esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma (MIVATE) — study protocol for a randomized controlled trial DRKS00016773

Minimally Invasive Versus open AbdominoThoracic Esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma (MIVATE) — study protocol for a randomized controlled trial DRKS00016773

Abstract Background The only curative treatment for most esophageal cancers is radical esophagectomy. Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) aims to reduce postoperative morbidity, but is not yet widely established. Linear stapled anastomosis is a promising technique for MIE because it is quite feas...

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Main Authors: Felix Nickel, Pascal Probst, Alexander Studier-Fischer, Henrik Nienhüser, Jana Pauly, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Sebastian Weiterer, Philipp Knebel, Markus K. Diener, Markus A. Weigand, Markus W. Büchler, Thomas Schmidt, Beat P. Müller-Stich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Minimally invasive esophagectomy
Esophageal cancer
Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy
Linear stapled anastomosis
Circular stapled anastomosis
Randomized controlled trial
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04966-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04966-z

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