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Barrett’s surveillance programs and more liberal use of upper endoscopy are leading to the identification of an increasing number of patients with high-grade dysplasia or early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma. Although esophagectomy is curative in the majority of these patients, associated morbidity and mortality remains a hurdle for patient acceptance of the procedure. A vagal-sparing esophagectomy provides the benefit of complete esophageal resection while minimizing known morbidities associated with traditional esophagectomies. We have adopted this technique and to date nearly 150 patients with high-grade dysplasia and/or intramucosal cancer, or benign conditions including end-stage achalasia and reflux disease, have undergone an open or laparoscopic vagal-sparing procedure.
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DeMeester, S.R. (2012). Vagal-Sparing Esophagectomy. In: Bonavina, L. (eds) Innovation in Esophageal Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2469-4_8
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