Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Factors Affecting Blood Loss During Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Carcinoma

  • Urabe, Masayuki (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital) ;
  • Ohkura, Yu (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital) ;
  • Haruta, Shusuke (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital) ;
  • Ueno, Masaki (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital) ;
  • Udagawa, Harushi (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital)
  • Received : 2021.05.26
  • Accepted : 2021.08.05
  • Published : 2021.12.05
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Abstract

Background: Major intraoperative hemorrhage reportedly predicts unfavorable survival outcomes following surgical resection for esophageal carcinoma (EC). However, the factors predicting the amount of blood lost during thoracoscopic esophagectomy have yet to be sufficiently studied. We sought to identify risk factors for excessive blood loss during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for EC. Methods: Using simple and multiple linear regression models, we performed retrospective analyses of the associations between clinicopathological/surgical factors and estimated hemorrhagic volume in 168 consecutive patients who underwent VATS-type esophagectomy for EC. Results: The median blood loss amount was 225 mL (interquartile range, 126-380 mL). Abdominal laparotomy (p<0.001), thoracic duct resection (p=0.014), and division of the azygos arch (p<0.001) were significantly related to high volumes of blood loss. Body mass index and operative duration, as continuous variables, were also correlated positively with blood loss volume in simple linear regression. The multiple linear regression analysis identified prolonged operative duration (p<0.001), open laparotomy approach (p=0.003), azygos arch division (p=0.005), and high body mass index (p=0.014) as independent predictors of higher hemorrhage amounts during VATS esophagectomy. Conclusion: As well as body mass index, operation-related factors such as operative duration, open laparotomy, and division of the azygos arch were independently predictive of estimated blood loss during VATS esophagectomy for EC. Laparoscopic abdominal procedures and azygos arch preservation might be minimally invasive options that would potentially reduce intraoperative hemorrhage, although oncological radicality remains an important consideration.

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