Transhiatal Esophagectomy: Thoracoscopic Mobilization of the Esophagus

Carlos A. Pellegrini

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-1739
Year Produced: 1992
Length: 15 min.


This video describes the technique of mobilization of the esophagus via the right thoracoscopic approach. The patient in question had a mid-esophageal tumor and, after the entire esophagus and the tumor were dissected free and the azygos vein divided, the patient underwent a total transhiatal esophagectomy with a cervical esophagogastrostomy.