a technique of esophagectomy without thoracotomy using a stripper with limited dissection of the mediastinum has been applied to 48 patients : neoplasia in 41 ( squamous-cell carcinoma of the esophagus : 34 , carcinoma of the gastric cardia : 5 , pharyngeal carcinoma : 2 ) and non-malignant pathology in 7 ( 2 caustic necroses , 2 ruptured esophagus , 2 anastomotic leakages after gastro-esophageal resection , 1 caustic stenosis ) .
C1333763
carcinoma of the gastric cardia
C0038351
gastro