Thoracoscopic oesophagectomy is non-inferior to open oesophagectomy regarding overall survival for resectable thoracic oesophageal cancer.

• 300 patients were studied: 150 underwent open surgery, 150 had the thoracoscopic procedure.
• At the first interim analysis (1.6 years median follow-up), overall survival was statistically preserved for the thoracoscopic group (HR 0.56).

Consider thoracoscopic approaches to enhance patient recovery and minimize surgical trauma without compromising survival outcomes.

• 82% of the patients were male, median age was 68 years.