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CASE REPORT
Minimally invasive esophagectomy in a patient with end-stage renal disease
  1. Mouayyad Zaza,
  2. Puja Gaur,
  3. Edward Y Chan,
  4. Min P Kim
  1. Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Min P Kim, mpkim{at}houstonmethodist.org

Summary

Renal failure has been identified as a major predictor of surgical complications and esophagectomy carries high morbidity for patients. We discuss the preoperative and postoperative considerations for performing a minimally invasive Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for a benign long-segment stricture in a patient with end-stage renal failure.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-214551

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