OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes of transhiatal esophagectomy for dysphagia for esophageal malignancy in terms of short and long-term morbidity and mortality and to determine the survival series. STUDY DESIGN Case series study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY South and West Surgical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from January 2001 to December 2007. METHODOLOGY All p...

: While traditionally performed through an open approach, the role of minimally invasive technologies has evolved in its application to esophageal resection. Esophagectomy is associated with significant morbidity, which led interest developing esophagectomy (e.g. , laparoscopic/thoracoscopic approaches) address this issue. As a result, approaches for resection evolved, growing body literature d...

BACKGROUND The goal of the present analysis was to investigate the long-term prognosis for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus treated with either the transhiatal (TH) or the transthoracic (TT) operative approach. METHODS Between September 1985 and March 2004, esophageal resection due to carcinoma was performed on a total of 424 patients. This manuscript takes into account the 150 patients suffer...

Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus is an uncommon surgical emergency. A case is presented in which the extensive nature of the rupture precluded standard methods of treatment and was treated by transhiatal oesophagectomy.

BACKGROUND The effects of transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy on the long-term survival of patients who had adenocarcinoma of the esophagus were compared, as were factors applicable in preoperative stratification of patient treatment. METHODS A cohort of 147 consecutive patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus was evaluated for esophagectomy between 1984 and 2000. The patients wer...

We report the laparoscopic transhiatal thoracic duct ligation to solve postoperative chylothorax after right total pleurectomy for malignant diffuse mesothelioma. q 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.