Abstract
The location in a loose areolar connective tissue bed permits esophageal mobility within the mediastinum during swallows and respiration [1]. In general, it also allows the esophagus to be bluntly stripped from the mediastinum without any hazard during blunt transdiaphragmatic esophagectomy [2–6]. However, tracheal and pleural tears or tracheoesophageal fistula formation have repeatedly complicated blunt dissection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and irradiation [7], This event may be due to pathological adhesions, on the other hand it also may be based on normal anatomical structures attaching the esophagus to its neighboring tissue.
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Liebermann-Meffert, D., Huber, W., Häberle, B., Wurzinger, L.J., Siewert, J.R. (1993). Relationship Between the Esophagus, Trachea, and Pleura. In: Nabeya, Ki., Hanaoka, T., Nogami, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68246-2_172
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