Comparison of Long-term Survival and Quality of Life After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Versus Open Esophagectomy

To analyze and compare the long-term recurrence-free survival rate, overall survival rate and quality of survival after minimally invasive esophagectomy and open esophagectomy, and to conduct subgroup analysis according to the type of esophageal cancer and pathological stage, etc., and to explore more deeply the differences between minimally invasive esophagectomy and open esophagectomy in terms of the benefits for different types of patients, so as to provide reference for the selection of the clinical surgical methods. We will also use the available data to analyze the influence of other factors on patients\' long-term survival after surgery.

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who had undergone esophageal cancer resection at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, between 2013 and 2021, with pathology results confirming esophageal squamous carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or other malignant tumors.
2. The surgery was successfully completed, the patient was safely discharged from the hospital, the postoperative follow-up was successful, and if the follow-up patient died, his or her death was due to natural causes.

Exclusion Criteria:

Perioperative patient deaths, pathologic findings other than those listed above, loss of visits, and postoperative unnatural deaths.

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