Esophageal replacement following gastric devascularization is safe, feasible, and may decrease anastomotic complications

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1069-1073

  Perry, Kyle A ^a,c   Enestvedt, C Kristian ^b   Pham, Thai H ^b   Dolan, James P ^b   Hunter, John G ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic complications; Esophageal replacement; Gastric conduit

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH; VASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH;

EID: 77953712349     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1204-0     Document Type: Article

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