China News Service, Guangzhou, June 11 (Reporter Tang Guijiang) Southern Medical University Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine introduced on the 11th that the chief physician of the Department of Thoracic Surgery Zhang Caiming recently led the team to successfully complete a minimally invasive radical surgery of high esophageal cancer, using thoraco-laparoscopic combined , Colon esophagus transplantation. After the operation, the patient recovered well. On the 8th day, the total gastrointestinal angiography showed no abnormalities. He gradually resumed oral feeding and recovered.
The patient, Huang Bo, is 65 years old and is from Lianjiangkou Town, Yingde City. He has difficulty swallowing for more than 3 months. At first, he felt chest discomfort after eating, and gradually developed a postprandial infarct sensation. He could only drink porridge and soup in the back. Examination at the local hospital showed that ulcerative masses were visible in the esophagus from the incisor 19CM, and pathological results suggested esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Due to the high level of esophageal cancer, the operation is difficult, and local hospitals cannot perform operations for patients. In order to seek treatment, the patient was transferred to the Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Southern Medical University. Thoracic Surgery Chief physician Zhang Caiming, after receiving the consultation, carefully studied the patient's condition information. In order to ensure the success rate of the operation, it was decided to perform neoadjuvant treatment first and then the surgical plan. After completing 3 new neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens, the patient's dysphagia improved significantly, and a reexamination gastroscope showed a tumor 18-20 cm from the incisor, and the tumor was smaller than before.
Recently, chief physician Zhang Caiming decided to use thoraco-laparoscopic surgery combined with radical esophagectomy for patients with minimally invasive surgery. After the operation, the patient recovered well and walked the next day. On the 8th day, the gastrointestinal angiography showed no abnormalities. He gradually resumed oral feeding and recovered.
Zhang Caiming introduced that surgical treatment is one of the main radical treatments for esophageal cancer. It can achieve the purpose of radical treatment in the early stage. In the middle and late stages, comprehensive treatment based on surgery can make some of the patients achieve radical treatment, and the lives of other patients To be extended.
"High esophageal cancer patients are prone to symptoms early, and surgery is still recommended under the condition that there is no tumor residue at the cutting edge." Zhang Caiming said: "The typical symptoms of esophageal cancer patients are progressive dysphagia, and the early manifestations are swallowing discomfort Feeling, difficulty swallowing gradually, vomiting after eating, and finally can't even drink water." (End)