Kalayarasan R, Durgesh S. Changing trends in the minimally invasive surgery for corrosive esophagogastric stricture. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(5): 799-811 [PMID: 37342842 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i5.799]
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Raja Kalayarasan, FRCS (Ed), MBBS, MCh, MS, Additional Professor, Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry 605006, India. kalayarasanraja@yahoo.com
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Surgery
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Minireviews
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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2023; 15(5): 799-811 Published online May 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i5.799
Changing trends in the minimally invasive surgery for corrosive esophagogastric stricture
Raja Kalayarasan, Satish Durgesh
Raja Kalayarasan, Satish Durgesh, Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, Puducherry 605006, India
Author contributions: Satish D and Kalayarasan R did the literature search; Satish D wrote the first draft of the review; Kalayarasan R conceptualized the work, supervised the writing, gave intellectual inputs, and critically revised the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Raja Kalayarasan, FRCS (Ed), MBBS, MCh, MS, Additional Professor, Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Puducherry 605006, India. kalayarasanraja@yahoo.com
Received: January 26, 2023 Peer-review started: January 26, 2023 First decision: February 20, 2023 Revised: March 6, 2023 Accepted: April 7, 2023 Article in press: April 7, 2023 Published online: May 27, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: Most patients with corrosive esophagogastric stricture are young adults in the most productive period of their lives. Hence, minimally invasive surgery for corrosive stricture is an attractive proposition. However, minimally invasive surgery for corrosive esophagogastric stricture is slow to evolve due to complex operative steps. With advances in laparoscopic technology, there is a changing trend from laparoscopic-assisted approaches to totally minimally invasive techniques. However, assessing the patency of the vascular arcade remains a challenge during the laparoscopic approach. The challenges and limitations highlighted in the present review could guide future research on minimally invasive surgery in corrosive esophagogastric stricture.
