胸部后外侧切口,一直作为食管外科的传统常规手术径路。随着微创外科的发展和美容需求,1996年9月～1999年9月,我院采用腋下切口经左胸行食管癌切除,胸内主动脉弓下食管胃吻合术13例,效果满意,报告如下。1　资料与方法1.1　一般资料　13例均为男性,年龄48～73岁。食管贲门癌4例, The posterolateral chest incision has been used as a traditional routine surgical route for esophageal surgery. With the development of minimally invasive surgery and beauty needs, from September 1996 to September 1999, 13 cases of esophageal cancer underwent left thoracic incision in the infrapatellar incision and 13 cases underwent intrathoracic aortic arch esophagogastric anastomosis with satisfactory results. as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information 13 cases were all males, aged 48-73 years old. Esophageal and cardiac cancer in 4 cases,