Key Points. The adult human esophagus is an 18- to 25-cm long muscular tube that has cervical, thoracic, and abdominal parts. The esophagus wall is composed of striated muscle in the upper part ...

Case 1. J.G., a 70-year-old man with marked ascites, also had x-ray evidence of esophageal varices. Three weeks before thoracic-duct cannulation 11.5 liters of straw-colored fluid was removed from ...

Specific to the right supraclavicular lymph node is the drainage of the mid-section of the chest, esophagus, and lungs, while the left lymph node drains the thoracic duct, the abdomen, and thorax.

The thoracic duct, azygos vein, ipsilateral pleura, and all periesophageal tissue in the mediastinum were dissected en bloc. ... U. Resective surgery for cancer of the thoracic esophagus: ...

Thoracic surgeons specialize in treating disorders of the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels in the chest. Learn more about these surgeons, what they do, the conditions they treat ...

These peer-reviewed guidelines are part of a series released and to-be-released by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) addressing esophageal cancer treatment. They include News News ...

A total of 68 superficial esophageal neoplasias in 58 patients treated by endoscopic resection at the Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases from May 2011 to March 2012 were ...