It is widely recognized that a surgical procedure such as esophagectomy has lower mortality and morbidity rates when performed in high volume centers. Nevertheless, esophagectomy is still associated with a substantial operative risk. For a continuous improvement of outcomes, optimization of the surgical approach for patients with esophageal cancer has been the focus of many studies over the last years.

doi.org/10.1201/9781315113777, hdl.handle.net/1765/110306
Department of Surgery

Grotenhuis, B., Wijnhoven, B., & van Lanschot, J. (2017). Transhiatal esophagectomy. In Operative Thoracic Surgery, Sixth Edition (pp. 369–376). doi:10.1201/9781315113777