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Esophagectomy
Esophagectomy is an operation that removes part or all of the esophagus, usually to treat esophageal cancer, rebuilding continuity with a stomach tube or a segment of intestine.
Esophagogastric anastomosis
Esophagogastric anastomosis is a surgical connection between the remaining esophagus and a stomach fashioned into a conduit, restoring upper gastrointestinal continuity after esophagectomy; it may be hand-sewn or stapled, in the neck or chest.
Esophagojejunostomy
Esophagojejunostomy is a surgical anastomosis joining the esophagus to the jejunum, performed chiefly to restore digestive tract continuity after total gastrectomy, usually in the Roux-en-Y configuration.
Esophagoplasty
Esophagoplasty is surgical reconstruction of the esophagus, typically after esophagectomy, using gastric, jejunal, colonic, or ileocolonic conduits when the stomach is unavailable; first jejunal replacement by Roux in 1907, first colonic by Kelling and Vulliet in 1911.
Heller myotomy
Heller myotomy is a surgical operation for achalasia that divides the lower esophageal sphincter muscle, usually laparoscopically, relieving swallowing difficulty in 90 to 95% of patients.
Ivor Lewis esophagectomy
Ivor Lewis esophagectomy is a two-stage operation for esophageal cancer that removes the esophagus through the abdomen and right chest, joining the stomach to it inside the chest.
McKeown esophagectomy
The McKeown esophagectomy is a three-incision operation removing the esophagus through neck, chest, and abdomen, rebuilding continuity with a stomach tube, used mainly for esophageal cancer.
Myotomy
Myotomy, including cricopharyngeal myotomy, is a surgical operation that divides sphincter muscle to relieve obstruction, performed openly or endoscopically in forms such as Heller myotomy, POEM, and pyloromyotomy.
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy is a minimally invasive operation that removes the esophagus through small chest incisions, mainly for esophageal cancer, reducing pulmonary complications versus open surgery.
Transhiatal esophagectomy
Transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) is an operation that removes the esophagus through the diaphragmatic hiatus and a neck incision without opening the chest, performed mainly for esophageal cancer.