These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Esophagectomy without thoracotomy in cancer of the esophagus. Apropos of 10 cases].
    Author: Bressollette M, Legroux P, Bataille R, Ronceray J, Plane P.
    Journal: J Chir (Paris); 1983 Dec; 120(12):729-33. PubMed ID: 6672000.
    Abstract:
    Esophagectomy without thoracotomy was performed in 10 cases of cancer of the esophagus, whatever its site of origin. Advantages of this procedure include the absence of a third right thoracic approach and of secondary hemostatis, complications, the cervical anastomosis, and the ascension of the gastroplasty into the esophageal bed. Though less carcinolytic than excision through a thoracic approach, this technique provides identical survival with a lower mortality and a very reduced morbidity. This therapeutic strategy could represent progress for patients who usually have generalized spread of the disease at the time of diagnosis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]