Uniportal thoracoscopy combined with laparoscopy as minimally invasive treatment of esophageal cancer

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is widely used for treating lung, pleural and mediastinal diseases. Compared to standard open approach, it presents the same oncological results but several advantages as better cosmetic results and significant reduction of post-operative pain, length of hospital stay (LOS), post-operative morbidity and mortality. In the last years, several authors showed the feasibility of performing also complex thoracic procedures using a single small thoracic incision (uniportal VATS) rather than multi-port incision (standard VATS) (1-4). Herein, we reported an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy for management of adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction performed using an uniportal approach