1942
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-194206000-00004
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Transthoracic Resection of Tumors of the Stomach and Esophagus

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“…It has been claimed that the rational way to remove a carcinoma of the mid-esophagus with involved left gastric glands is by a monobloc dissection through the left pleura and diaphragm. As Churchill and Sweet (1942) have pointed out, however, it will probably be found that few if any such cases are really operable. What is required in cases without intra-abdominal glandular involvement is removal of all the esophagus down to the cardia.…”
Section: Right or Left Pleural Approach?mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…It has been claimed that the rational way to remove a carcinoma of the mid-esophagus with involved left gastric glands is by a monobloc dissection through the left pleura and diaphragm. As Churchill and Sweet (1942) have pointed out, however, it will probably be found that few if any such cases are really operable. What is required in cases without intra-abdominal glandular involvement is removal of all the esophagus down to the cardia.…”
Section: Right or Left Pleural Approach?mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…In 1942 and1943 Overholt performed pulmonary resections on 59 patients with tuberculosis, with a mortality rate of 13 per cent. During a ten-year period he33 and his associates have selected 94 patients in whom pulmonary resection was carried out, whereas well over 2000 patients have been treated by thoracoplasty during the same period.…”
Section: Surgery Of the Lungsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The commonest open surgical approaches include transthoracic and transhiatal esophageal resection. The transthoracic esophageal resection includes Ivor Lewis (laparotomy and right thoracotomy), McKeown (right thoracotomy, laparotomy, and neck incision) and left transthoracic esophagectomy [ 6 , 7 ]. We categorized these surgical approaches as left and right transthoracic approaches in our study.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%