[Resection and replacement of the cervical esophagus and hypopharynx--an interdisciplinary responsibility for visceral, micro- and ENT surgeons]. / Resektion und Ersatz der cervikalen Speiseröhre und des Hypopharynx--eine interdisziplinäre Aufgabe für Viszeral-, Mikro- und HNO-Chirurgen.

From 1984 to 1996, 136 carcinomas of the esophagus and 8 of the hypopharynx were resected using 3 different procedures (94 transmediastinal, 36 transthoracic, 14 cervicoabdominal). The hospital mortality rate for cervicoabdominal resection (0%) is unequivocally lower than that of the transmediastinal (17.1%) or transthoracic (14.3%) methods. The 5-year survival rates are not significantly different (24%, 22%, 17%).