Can the intraoperative leak test prevent postoperative leakage of esophagojejunal anastomosis after total gastrectomy?

Surgery Today

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 815-820

  Kanaji, Shingo ^a   Ohyama, Masato ^b   Yasuda, Takashi ^b   Sendo, Hiroyoshi ^b   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Kawasaki, Kentaro ^b   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Fujino, Yasuhiro ^b   Tominaga, Masahiro ^b   Kakeji, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagojejunal anastomotic leakage; Leak test; Total gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STAPLER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE LEAK TEST; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PERITONITIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPLER; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRECTOMY; JEJUNOSTOMY; JEJUNUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGERY;

AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JEJUNOSTOMY; JEJUNUM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941330105     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-015-1243-y     Document Type: Article

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