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Fig. 3

From: Huge esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor successfully resected under mediastino-laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy: a case report

Fig. 3

Using a mediastinoscope, the upper and middle thoracic esophagus is dissected from the surrounding tissue without lymph node dissection (a). A laparoscopic incision of the left diaphragm provides a clear image of the left thoracic cavity (b, c). The tumor is completely resected along with part of the lower lobe of the left lung using linear stapler (d)

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