After preoperative intensive care unit (ICU) evaluation and preparation,
transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) and cervical esophagostomy were performed with pyloromyotomy and feeding jejunostomy.
Objective: To determine the benefit of feeding jejunostomy in patients undergoing
transhiatal esophagectomy in terms of complications.
Nevertheless, this technique did not achieve the deserved popularity and
transhiatal esophagectomy with colonic interposition still remains the most favorite approach.
Iannettoni, "
Transhiatal esophagectomy for treatment of benign and malignant esophageal disease," World Journal of Surgery, vol.
August, "Treatment of diaphragmatic hernia occurring after
transhiatal esophagectomy," Annals of Surgical Oncology, vol.
Based on what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, Allina Health researchers say robotic assisted
transhiatal esophagectomy (RATE) is effective and safe for a carefully selected group of patients.
Goodnight J.E., "Comparison of minimally invasive esophagectomy with transthoracic and
transhiatal esophagectomy," JAMA Surgery, vol.
There are 3 types of open esophagectomy approaches, including the
transhiatal esophagectomy (THE), the Ivor Lewis transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE), and the McKeown procedure, which is a modified TTE using the 3-field approach.
I wouldn't be here without the incredible care I received there.'' Her treatment included concurrent rounds of chemotherapy and radiation at the UMass Memorial Cancer Center followed by a
transhiatal esophagectomy (which includes removal of much of the esophagus) at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Valladares, "Open transthoracic or
transhiatal esophagectomy versus minimally invasive esophagectomy in terms of morbidity, mortality and survival," Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques, vol.
Zahurak, "Preoperative chemoradiation followed by
transhiatal esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus: final report," Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol.
Five subjects had undergone
transhiatal esophagectomy, and Ivor Lewis thoraco-abdominal esophagectomy procedures were performed on two patients.
