title: Complications of transhiatal esophagectomy.
abstract: THE is accompanied by significant operative morbidity. Most complications, however, are not life-threatening and, overall, this method of esophageal resection is safe, expeditious, effective, and physiologically well tolerated for patients with benign esophageal disease and for patients with cancer of the esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naunheim
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications