食管癌在我国是一种高发的恶性肿瘤,目前外科手术切除仍然是治疗食管癌的主要手段。20世纪90年代初期,随着微创外科的兴起,微创技术在胸外科也受到了广泛的重视,得到了许多学者的肯定。随着计算机体层扫描(CT)、内镜超声(EUS)等的应用,目前已能较准确地进行食管癌术前临床分期, Esophageal cancer in our country is a high incidence of malignant tumors, surgical resection is still the main means of treatment of esophageal cancer. In the early 1990s, with the rise of minimally invasive surgery, minimally invasive techniques in thoracic surgery has also received widespread attention, and has been affirmed by many scholars. With the application of computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), the preoperative clinical staging of esophageal cancer can now be accurately performed,