Generation of a Surgical Field in the Left Lateral Decubitus Position

Generation of a Surgical Field at the Mid-lower Mediastinum for Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy in the Left Lateral Decubitus Position

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04683601

Enrollment

154

Registered

2020-12-24

Start date

2015-04-30

Completion date

2019-12-31

Last updated

2020-12-24

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Conditions

Esophageal Cancer, Thoracic Diseases

Keywords

Left decubitus position, Mid-lower mediastinum, Thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Brief summary

The generation of a good surgical field at the mid-lower mediastinum during thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the left lateral decubitus position is often complicated. The investigators developed a simple and useful technique for surgical field generation.

Interventions

OTHERThoracoscopic esophagectomy in left decubitus

Making surgical field at thoracoscopic esophagectomy in left decubitus

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who underwent thoracoscopic esophageal resection from April 2015 to December 2019 in our hospital.

Exclusion criteria

* patients who underwent open thoracotomy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Completion rate of thoracoscopic esophagectomy	During surgery	The rate of completion of thoracic esophagectomy with our method for the generation of surgical field in mid-lower mediastinum.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026