Freeman R K, Wait M A
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8879, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 Mar;71(3):1032-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02435-8.
The case history of a patient who underwent laparoscopic staging of an esophageal carcinoma is presented. After neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy a port site metastasis was found at esophagectomy. Possible etiologies, implications for the continued use of minimally invasive staging for esophageal carcinoma, and prevention of port site metastasis are discussed.