title: [Esophagectomy without thoracotomy for adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus].
abstract: From April 1985 to November 1990, 12 patients with adenocarcinoma in a Barrett's esophagus, all of them men, with a median age of 62 years (range, 46 to 79 years), were operated by transhiatal esophagectomy and were submitted to a periodic follow-up. Dysphagia was the main symptom. Preoperative investigations included esogastroscopy and CT-scan of the abdomen and thorax in all patients. Esophageal endosonography was performed in the last 4 cases and MRI in one case. All patients recovered postoperatively and were discharged from hospital. The resected specimens were staged according to Rosenberg et al.'s classification: stage 1, 3 patients, stage 2, 2 patients, stage 3, 6 patients, stage 4, 1 patient. An anastomotic stricture occurred in 4 patients and was treated successfully by endoscopic dilatation. Five patients died during the follow-up period. Seven patients are alive without evidence of recurrence. Transhiatal esophagectomy appears to be the procedure of choice for adenocarcinoma arising from Barrett's esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Département des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Partensky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moulinier
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Oesophagectomie à thorax fermé pour adénocarcinome sur endobrachyoesophage.