Oct 8, 2020

Paraconduit Hernia in the Era of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Underdiagnosed?

The Annals of thoracic surgery
Kalvin Lung, Paul A Carroll, Patrik Rogalla, Jonathan Yeung, Gail Darling
CONCLUSIONS: Postesophagectomy paraconduit hernia is more common after totally minimally invasive esophagectomy compared with open or hybrid techniques. One third are symptomatic and the remainder are detected only radiographically. Repair of asymptomatic hernias consider the patient's cancer prognosis.