{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,17]],"date-time":"2026-10-17T05:40:07Z","timestamp":1792215607846,"version":"4.4.0"},"reference-count":17,"publisher":"Japan Surgical Society","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Surg Case Rep"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"DOI":"10.70352\/scrj.cr.26-0566","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T22:13:15Z","timestamp":1792102395000},"page":"n\/a","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Metachronous Esophageal Cancer after Heller-Dor Surgery for Achalasia with Marked Esophageal Dilatation: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.70352","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2663-6555","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Byonggu","family":"An","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6976-9753","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tetsuya","family":"Abe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yasumitsu","family":"Oe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5782-9210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hiromitsu","family":"Ban","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1404-5587","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Toru","family":"Imagami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akira","family":"Sogawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nobuyuki","family":"Takao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-9815-1156","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Matsunaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-2110-8220","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Akiyoshi","family":"Mizumoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2907-9615","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shizuki","family":"Takemura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5931-7596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Atsushi","family":"Hirata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takuma","family":"Kawaguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0947-0116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Toru","family":"Miyake","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4326-0369","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeshi","family":"Togawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Digestive Surgery, Omi Medical Center, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"51119","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"1) Oude Nijhuis RAB, Zaninotto G, Roman S, et al. European guidelines on achalasia: United European Gastroenterology and European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility recommendations. United European Gastroenterol J 2020; 8: 13\u201333.","DOI":"10.1177\/2050640620903213"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"2) Leijonmarck W, Santoni G, Holmberg D, et al. Achalasia and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma in a multinational study. Gastroenterology 2026; 171: 481\u20138.","DOI":"10.1053\/j.gastro.2026.03.024"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"3) Tustumi F, Bernardo WM, da Rocha JRM, et al. Esophageal achalasia: a risk factor for carcinoma. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Dis Esophagus 2017; 30: 1\u20138.","DOI":"10.1093\/dote\/dox072"},{"key":"4","unstructured":"4) Chino O, Kijima H, Shimada H, et al. Clinicopathological studies of esophageal carcinoma in achalasia: analyses of carcinogenesis using histological and immunohistochemical procedures. Anticancer Res 2000; 20(5C): 3717\u201322."},{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"5) Tustumi F, Arienzo VP, Sunye IR, et al. Esophageal dysbiosis in achalasia and cancer development: a critical review. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14: 1521.","DOI":"10.3390\/genes14081521"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"6) Yamasaki Y, Tsukada T, Aoki T, et al. Thoracoscopic surgery in a patient with multiple esophageal carcinomas after surgery for esophageal achalasia. Case Rep Surg 2017; 2017: 3272014.","DOI":"10.1155\/2017\/3272014"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"7) Tsunokake J, Taniyama Y, Fujishima F, et al. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma after peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal achalasia: a case report. Surg Case Rep 2021; 7: 186.","DOI":"10.1186\/s40792-021-01270-z"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"8) Japan Esophageal Society. Descriptive rules for achalasia of the esophagus, June 2012: 4th Edition. Esophagus. 2017; 14: 275\u201389.","DOI":"10.1007\/s10388-017-0589-1"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"9) Ota M, Narumiya K, Kudo K, et al. Incidence of esophageal carcinomas after surgery for achalasia: usefulness of long-term and periodic follow-up. Am J Case Rep 2016; 17: 845\u20139.","DOI":"10.12659\/AJCR.899800"},{"key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"10) Murakami Y, Hotei H, Tsumura H, et al. A case of esophago-gastric cancer following operation of esophageal achalasia. Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1989; 22: 2433\u20136 (in Japanese).","DOI":"10.5833\/jjgs.22.2433"},{"key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"11) Yonekawa H, Bessho T, Shinohara H, et al. A case of esophageal carcinoma appeared 8 years after surgical treatment for achalasia. Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1993; 26: 92\u20136 (in Japanese).","DOI":"10.5833\/jjgs.26.92"},{"key":"12","unstructured":"12) Higa T, Okushima N, Hara J, et al. A case of esophageal carcinoma occurring 30 years after an operation for esophageal achalasia. Ryukyu Med J. 1994; 14: 155\u201360 (in Japanese)."},{"key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"13) Mamiya T, Jingu K, Natsume T. Adenocarcinoma in Barrett\u2019s esophagus after the operation for esophageal achalasia. Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai Zasshi 2008; 41: 182\u20137 (in Japanese).","DOI":"10.5833\/jjgs.41.182"},{"key":"14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"14) Yankov G, Alexieva M, Makshutova Z, et al. Terminal stage of esophageal achalasia combined with adenocarcinoma after a previous open myotomy. Cureus 2025; 17: e76833.","DOI":"10.7759\/cureus.76833"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"15) Noshiro H, Iwasaki H, Kobayashi K, et al. Lymphadenectomy along the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by a minimally invasive esophagectomy in the prone position for thoracic esophageal cancer. Surg Endosc 2010; 24: 2965\u201373.","DOI":"10.1007\/s00464-010-1072-4"},{"key":"16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"16) Choo SH, Jung W, Jeong U, et al. Initial experiences of a novel self-retaining intracorporeal retractor device for urologic laparoendoscopic single-site surgery. J Endourol 2014; 28: 404\u20139.","DOI":"10.1089\/end.2013.0689"},{"key":"17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"17) Yamanaka S, Adachi K. Modified marionette technique for uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery: a case report. Surg Case Rep 2019; 5: 96.","DOI":"10.1186\/s40792-019-0657-y"}],"container-title":["Surgical Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jstage.jst.go.jp\/article\/scrj\/12\/1\/12_cr.26-0566\/_pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,17]],"date-time":"2026-10-17T04:41:26Z","timestamp":1792212086000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jstage.jst.go.jp\/article\/scrj\/12\/1\/12_cr.26-0566\/_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"references-count":17,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70352\/scrj.cr.26-0566","relation":{},"ISSN":["2198-7793"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2198-7793","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"article-number":"cr.26-0566"}}