Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Intrathoracic Anastomosis Technique

Abstract

The extracorporeal anastomosis technique for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis is a convenient, easy technique to use in VATS esophagectomy. The surgeon can assess the viability and the status of the gastric conduit, and the introduction of a circular stapler can be easily done under direct vision extracorporeally, enabling easy and simple VATS intrathoracic anastomosis between the esophagus and the gastric conduit.

Keywords

• esophageal neoplasms
• minimally invasive surgery
• anastomosis
• video-assisted thoracic surgery