TY - JOUR
T1 - Pericardial repair of a tracheal laceration during transhiatal esophagectomy
AU - Gorenstein, Lyall A.
AU - Abel, James G.
AU - Patterson, G. Alexander
PY - 1992/10
Y1 - 1992/10
N2 - Transhiatal esophagectomy has recently been popularized for both benign and malignant esophageal disease. While we were performing a transhiatal esophagectomy for a squamous cell cancer of the upper third of the esophagus, a tear in the membranous trachea near the carina occurred. This was repaired through the cervical incision with a free pericardial patch. This solution to a potentially catastrophic complication of transhiatal esophagectomy gave a satisfactory result without early or late postoperative respiratory complications.
AB - Transhiatal esophagectomy has recently been popularized for both benign and malignant esophageal disease. While we were performing a transhiatal esophagectomy for a squamous cell cancer of the upper third of the esophagus, a tear in the membranous trachea near the carina occurred. This was repaired through the cervical incision with a free pericardial patch. This solution to a potentially catastrophic complication of transhiatal esophagectomy gave a satisfactory result without early or late postoperative respiratory complications.
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91034-7
DO - 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91034-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 1417245
AN - SCOPUS:0026496845
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 54
SP - 784
EP - 786
JO - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JF - The Annals of thoracic surgery
IS - 4
ER -