title: [Surgical treatment of diseases of the thoracic portion of the esophagus].
abstract: An analysis of 299 operations on the thoracic part of the esophagus has been made. The authors consider the method of choice to be a one-step operation of the Lewis type in cancer and scarry strictures of the esophagus. Clinical signs of diverticulitis even of a small degree are thought to be indication to diverticulectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000601:surgery; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Khirurgicheskoe lechenie zabolevaniĭ grudnogo otdela pishchevoda.