Figure 8a. Transhiatal esophagectomy with a cervical esophagogastrostomy in a 60-year-old woman with SCC. (a) Preoperative CT scan (5-mm section thickness) obtained at the level of the liver dome shows an esophageal mass (arrow). (b) Barium esophagogram obtained 3 months after surgery shows a cervical esophagogastric anastomosis (arrow).