title: Airway obstruction following transhiatal esophagogastrectomy.
abstract: A 79 year old man suffered acute respiratory distress secondary to delayed gastric emptying several months following esophagogastrostomy. No drainage procedure was performed at the time of the procedure. The need for a drainage procedure is controversial. Symptoms of gastric stasis have reportedly improved with a drainage procedure and the risk of concomitant pyloromyotomy or pyloroplasty has been shown to be minimal and may prevent a potentially catastrophic complication as described in this report.
authors.affiliation: Creighton University Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha, NE 68131.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santoscoy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Duyne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male