Chassin's Operative Strategy in Esophageal Surgery

About this atlas

Chassin’s Operative Strategies in Esophageal Surgery offers the reader a succinct review of surgical techniques for disorders of the esophagus. Spanning from well-established legacy procedures to the most up-to-date minimally invasive approaches for GERD, this brilliantly illustrated atlas exclusively presents the theoretical basis of the operations as well as the strategies required to steer clear of common pitfalls. Educed from Chassin’s Operative Strategies in General Surgery, this volume includes step-by-step descriptions of thirteen (13) operative procedures in esophageal surgery.

Written for:

General surgeons

Table of contents

Concepts in esophageal surgery.- Esophagectomy: right thoracotomy and laparotomy.- Esophagogastrectomy: left thoracoabdominal approach.- Transhiatal esophagectomy.- Operations to replace or bypass the esophagus: colon or jejunum interposition.- Transabdominal Nissen fundoplication.- Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.- Posterior gastropexy (Hill repair): surgical legacy technique.- Transthoracic gastroplasty (Collis) and Nissen fundoplication; bile diverting operations for management of esophageal disease.- Cricopharyngoesophageal (Zenker’s) diverticulum.- Esophagomyotomy for achalasia and diffuse esophageal spasm.- Laparoscopic esophagomyotomy.- Operations for esophageal perforation and anastomotic leaks.