Revascularization using the short gastric vessels of the gastric tube after subtotal esophagectomy for intrathoracic esophageal carcinoma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Murakami, Maki ^a   Sugiyama, Atsushi ^a   Ikegami, Toshihiko ^a   Ishida, Kimitaka ^a   Maruta, Fukuto ^a   Shimizu, Fumiaki ^a   Ikeno, Tatsuo ^a   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; STOMACH; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033981294     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00234-3     Document Type: Article

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