RT Book, Section A1 Nafteux, Philippe A1 Coosemans, Willy A1 Lerut, Toni A2 Sugarbaker, David J. A2 Bueno, Raphael A2 Burt, Bryan M. A2 Groth, Shawn S. A2 Loor, Gabriel A2 Wolf, Andrea S. A2 Williams, Marcia A2 Adams, Ann SR Print(0) ID 1170406404 T1 Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260026931 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170406404 RD 2021/03/02 AB For surgeons familiar with the unique and extraordinary challenges presented by surgery of esophageal malignancy, the words of Ivor Lewis appear as valid today as they were when first written over 50 years ago: “There is little doubt that the successful outcome of radical curative surgery for esophageal carcinoma remains one of the great challenges of surgical practice.”1 A satisfactory result necessitates optimization of the patient’s physical state and tumor staging, a high degree of surgical skill and experience, and teamwork involving close coordination of the surgical, anesthetic, physiotherapeutic, and nursing modalities of treatment.