Reliable preparation of the gastric tube for cervical esophagogastrostomy after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Matsuda, Takeru ^a   Kaneda, Kunihiko ^a   Takamatsu, Manabu ^a   Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Aishin, Keishi ^a   Awazu, Masahide ^a   Okamoto, Akiko ^a   Kawaguchi, Katsunori ^a  

^a KOBE KAISEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Esophageal cancer; Esophagogastrostomy; Gastric tube; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951938092     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.046     Document Type: Article

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