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Ann Thorac Surg 1985;40:343-348
© 1985 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Transhiatal (Blunt) Esophagectomy for Malignant and Benign Esophageal Disease: Clinical Experience and Technique

From the Departments of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, and Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Gadacz, Department of Surgery (112), Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, 3900 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21218

"Blunt" transhiatal esophagectomy was performed in 23 selected patients. Nineteen had squamous carcinoma of the esophagus (upper third, 1; middle third, 12; distal third, 6), and 2 had adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus. The other 2 patients had severe lye strictures. Resection with reconstruction was performed in one stage. Esophagogastric continuity was restored using the stomach in the posterior mediastinal position in 20 patients and in the substernal position in 2. The colon in the posterior mediastinal position was used in 1 patient with a lye stricture. Transmural tumor extension or cervical or celiac nodal metastases or both were present in 18 of 21 patients with carcinoma. There was 1 hospital death due to pericardial tamponade. Morbidity included a transient cervical anastomotic leak in 3 patients, one temporary and three permanent unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsies, one intraoperative splenic injury, and severe hemorrhage requiring sternotomy for control in 1 patient. Pulmonary complications occurred in 4 patients: aspiration pneumonia (1) and moderate atelectasis (3). Three patients have died (11, 12, and 17 months postoperatively) in the group with cancer, with follow-up time of 3 to 30 months (mean, 15 months). Transhiatal blunt esophagectomy is a safe and effective procedure in many patients with either esophageal cancer or extensive, benign esophageal strictures.

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