title: Esophagectomy without thoracotomy.
abstract: A surgical technique for resection of the esophagus, performing a mediastinal tunnel by cervical incision combined with a laparotomy approach, incising the diaphragm in its medial portion from the hiatus of the xiphoid process is described. Twenty-five patients were operated upon by this technique. Neither mortality nor serious complications were observed during the immediate postoperative period.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013903:Thoracic Surgery