A procedure known as an esophagectomy involves removing all or a portion of the esophagus, which is the tube that food passes down from your throat to your stomach. This process is typically carried out by surgeons to treat esophageal cancer. It is a major procedure in which the diseased tissue is removed and your digestive tract is rebuilt without it so that you can eat.

REQUIRED TEST

Before the procedure starts, there are some tests required:

• CT SCAN.
• MRI.
• X-ray.

TIME DURATION

The esophagectomy procedure takes nearly 6 hours, it’s a time taken procedure. And the hospital stay of the patient is 1-2 weeks.

SUCCESS RATE

The success rate of the esophagectomy procedure is very high, nearly 98%.