[Transhiatal esophagectomiy using partial sternotomy].

Transhiatal Esophagectomy offers the advantage of not requiring thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. Nevertheless, it has the disadvantage of having to be performed, at least in part, with blind, blunt dissection, with high frequency of pleural lesions, increased bleeding, among other complications. The association of median diaphragm transection with partial sternotomy allows the isolation of the esophagus completely under direct vision. The authors present the technique of transhiatal esophagectomy with partial sternotomy.