title: Transhiatal esophagectomy using a ring dissector.
abstract: Subtotal esophagectomy may be performed without thoracotomy by transhiatal dissection. We describe an alternative to the classical technique of transhiatal manual blunt dissection of the esophagus using a ring dissector, which allows a less traumatic dissection of the esophagus above the carcinoma of the esophagus. This instrument, designed for this particular purpose, produces a rapid and clean blunt dissection.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gertsch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vauthey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maddern
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans