META-ANALYSIS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE VS. OPEN SURGERY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

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Meera Mohamed Al Yazeedi
Mahra Salem Mubarak Albreiki
Christopher Patteril
Fatima al Ansari
Roaa Rabie Mossad Abdelaziz
Maryam Aadel Aldhanhani
Hind saleh Alhammadi
Dr. Hala Bassam Mrayyan
Syed Ali Hussein Abdi
Roda Rashid Bin Sultan Alshamsi

Keywords

minimally invasive surgery, open surgery, esophageal cancer, oncological outcomes, post-operative recovery, complication rates, survival, quality of life, cost-effectiveness, resource utilization

Abstract

The necessity of comparing the MIS and open surgery for oesophageal cancer treatment is obvious, and this meta-analysis will specify how these approaches compare in terms of clinical outcomes, including oncological efficacy, post-operative recovery and complications, long-term survival, and quality of life. Oesophageal Cancer is an aggressive malignant disease with high mortality, and this type of cancer necessitates the implementation of surgical techniques for the treatment. While open surgery has been formerly an accepted approach during the last three decades, LESS, including the laparoscopic and the robotically assisted approach, is being considered as promoting such possible advantages: decreased post-operative morbidity, hospitalization, and recovery. However, the oncological equivalence and technical site specificity of MIS remain argument issues, and technical difficulties persist in performing the procedure. This analysis shall, therefore, seek to establish whether MIS offers the same oncological results as open surgery, how post-operative recovery and complications differ, and the impact on long-term survival and quality of life. Further, the techniques’ economic feasibility and hospital efficiency will be determined. It is hoped that the results of this study will help fill the existing gaps in knowledge in the treatment of oesophageal cancer and serve as valuable theoretical background for elaborating surgical guidelines for the treatment of the disease.

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