Esophageal Cancer
Conditions
Interventions
the experimental group:discharge the NG tube during the surgery
Control Group:without NG tube after surgery In this group, patients will undergo preoperative gastrointestinal decompression and we will discharge the NG tube 6-7 days after the surgery.
Sponsors
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who were fit for esophageal resection and underwent transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Stage investigations indicating unresectable advanced disease(T4 or M1a,M1b); 2. Patients with any other serious underlying medical condition that would impair the ability of the patient to receive or comply with protocol treatment; 3. Patients with unstable situation after surgery (eg, need ventilation and ICU treatment); 4. Patients medically unfit for surgical resection; 5. Patients with pulmonary reserve inadequate to undergo thoracotomy and extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy; 6. Mentally disabled; 7. expected life duration of less than 3 months; 8. patients undergoing colonic reconstruction.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the occurrence of major pulmonary complications and anastomotic leaks; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the need for placing/ replacing the NG tube;postoperative days spent in the hospital; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJiaqing Xiang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Outcome results
None listed