Figure 1.
Patient positioning and trocar position for thoracoscopic portion.
Figure 2.
Thoracoscopic exposure of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve and lymph node dissection.
Figure 3.
Thoracoscopic subcarinal lymph node dissection.
Figure 4.
Patient positioning and trocar position for laparoscopic portion.
Figure 5.
Laparoscopic mobilization and division of the left gastric vein and artery (A) and lymph node dissection (B).
Figure 6.
Holistic and complete view of the McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy procedure.
Table 1.
Demographics and clinicopathological parameters (n = 142).
Table 2.
Operative and post-operative parameters.
Table 3.
Post-operative complications.
Figure 7.
Disease-free survival (A) and overall survival (B) of patients presenting with esophageal cancer who received the McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy procedure.