Table 2.
Surgical overview of 9 patients with esophageal cancer with a double aortic arch
| Operation/approach | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical | Thoracic | Abdominal | Reconstruction | Lymphadenectomy | |
| Matono [5] | Open | Right thoracotomy | Hand-assisted laparoscopy | Retrosternal route | Three-field |
| Kubo [7] | Open | Left thoracotomy | Unknown | Retrosternal route | Three-field |
| Uemura [8] | Open | Right thoracotomy | Unknown | Retrosternal route | Three-field |
| Peng [3] | No | Left thoracotomy | Unknown | Postmediastinal route | Two-field |
| Clement [9] | No | Left thoracosbdominal | Left thoracosbdominal | Unknown | Two-field |
| Fujiwara [10] | Open | Left thoracoscopy | Laparoscopy | Retrosternal route | Three-field |
| Mushiake [11] | Mediastinoscopy | Right thoracoscopy | Laparoscopy | Retrosternal route | Extended two-field |
| Kumar [12] | Open | Right thoracoscopy | Open | Right thorax route | Two-field |
| Our case | Inflatable mediastinoscope | Right thoracoscopy | Open | Retrosternal route | Extended two-field |