What is the success rate of esophageal cancer surgery

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Recently, my aunt was found to have esophageal cancer, which worried our family. The doctor said that my aunt was in the early stage and could be treated surgically. But how much is the success rate of esophageal cancer surgery? Let's learn about it together.

What is the success rate of esophageal cancer surgery

First of all, in patients with advanced esophageal cancer, surgery only as palliative treatment, the cure rate is low. Although the tumor can be removed, it is not easy to remove completely. For the patients with unresectable advanced tumor, in order to reduce the dysphagia of the patients, we can use intraesophageal tube, gastrostomy, esophagogastric bypass or esophagocolonic anastomosis. Therefore, the success rate of palliative surgery for patients with advanced esophageal cancer is very low. Therefore, cancer diseases must be detected and treated early, so the success rate of treatment will be higher.

Secondly, reducing postoperative complications can effectively improve the success rate of esophageal cancer surgery. After the operation of esophageal cancer, the patients' immunity has decreased in varying degrees, which may lead to a series of postoperative complications, such as anastomotic leakage, electrolyte disorder and so on. The main clinical manifestations of anastomotic leakage were high fever, rapid pulse, dyspnea, chest pain, intolerable; the affected side had low breath sound, increased white blood cells and even shock.

Finally, anastomotic leakage is a serious postoperative complication, often resulting in death. Electrolyte disorder is often caused by preoperative fasting, vomiting and other reasons, and it is related to postoperative injury of thoracic duct, lymphatic vessel and chylothorax, which poses a serious threat to the life of patients. Here, experts remind that if abnormal bleeding, turbid liquid, food residue or chylothorax are found in thoracic drainage fluid, it is suggested that there are active bleeding, esophageal anastomotic leakage or chylothorax in thoracic cavity. At this time, immediate measures should be taken to fight for rescue time.

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Three days after the operation, you can't eat any food, otherwise it will affect the stomach discomfort. During this period, you can only rely on intravenous injection of glucose, saline or vitamins to ensure the daily nutrients. After successful operation, patients with esophageal cancer should also go to the hospital regularly to avoid recurrence.