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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;27:399-403
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pull-Through Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy for Esophageal Carcinoma

S. Szentpetery, M.D.*, Timothy Wolfgang, M.D., R.R. Lower, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Szentpetery, Box 97, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298

Seventeen consecutive patients underwent pull-through esophagectomy using blunt dissection from laparotomy and cervical incisions for carcinoma of the esophagus. Fifteen patients had a middle-third lesion while 2 patients had a distal-third lesion. The gastrointestinal tract was reconstructed using primary gastroesophagostomy in 15 patients and colon interposition in 2. Both the colon and stomach were placed through the posterior mediastinum. The surgical technique and results are described in detail. There were two major complications. One patient died of massive gastric hemorrhage on the eighth postoperative day in spite of emergency operation. Another patient sustained a tear of the membranous trachea at the time of blunt dissection. This was repaired through a right thoracotomy without difficulty.

Esophagectomy using blunt dissection offered excellent palliation and resulted in little morbidity in our series. The shortened operating time, minimal blood loss, total lack of postoperative chest pain, minimal pulmonary complications, and the benefit of a cervical anastomosis are several advantages compared with the present surgical approaches.




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