Gastric distention exacerbates ischemia in a rodent model of partial gastric devascularization

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 284-286

  Urschel, John D ^a   Antkowiak, Joseph G ^a   Takita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Ischemia; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; STOMACH DISTENSION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 0030777918     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199711000-00002     Document Type: Article

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