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Laceration of the posterior tracheal wall is one of the risks of transhiatal esophagectomy. Various methods of repairing such lacerations have been described; many of these methods involve a thoracotomy, but some do not. We describe a case of a posterior tracheal wall tear that occurred during a laryngopharyngectomy with a gastric pull-up. The tear was repaired with the transposed stomach and d...

Evidence on the benefits of minimally invasive surgery over open procedures in gastrointestinal surgery is continuing to accumulate. This is also the case for esophageal surgery. Esophageal cancer often requires extensive surgery and is, therefore, considered to be one of the most invasive elective gastrointestinal procedures. Clinical studies investigating means to reduce the invasive nature o...

Esophageal cancer invading the muscularis mucosa sometimes involves regional lymph node metastases. However, lymph node metastases are rare in the dorsal area of the thoracic aorta. We describe a patient with an intramucosal esophageal cancer invading the muscularis mucosa, accompanied by lymph node metastases in the dorsal area of the thoracic aorta. These lesions were successfully resected by...

TRANSTHORACIC VERSUS TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY: COMPARATIVE STUDY REGARDING SURGICAL APPROACH IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER (Abstract): BACKGROUND: Surgical resection can offer the best curative treatment for oesophageal cancer but is associated with high postoperative morbidity rates. Most common surgical approaches are transthoracic (TT) and transhiatal (TH) techniques. Transhiatal approach has the ad...