High submucosal blood flow and low anastomotic tension prevent anastomotic leakage in rabbits

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 924-929

  Fujiwara, Hiroaki ^a   Kuga, Takayuki ^a   Esato, Kensuke ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Circular myotomy; Esophageal anastomosis; Spiral myotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SUBMUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030819962     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02388140     Document Type: Article

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