TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY

Course overview

TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE THREE INCISIONS IVOR LEWIS ESOPHAGECTOMY, WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE DECREASED MORBIDITY AND IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOMES BY A LOWER PULMONARY COMPLICATION RISK. THE PROCEDURE IS PERFORMED WITH AN ABDOMINAL AND A CERVICAL INCISION AND ALLOWS MOBILIZATION OF THE STOMACH AS A CONDUIT TO THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY PROCEDURE AND EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO A TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY.