title: Surgical treatment of carcinoma of the esophagogastric junction.
abstract: Forty-seven patients with carcinomas of the esophagogastric junction were operated. In acquiring complete dissection of lymph nodes located at the splenic hilus and along the splenic artery, splenectomy with or without caudal hemipancreatectomy was performed in 29 of 47 patients. To avoid leaving carcinoma cells behind in the remaining esophagus margin of resection, 20 patients underwent left thoracophrenicolaparotomy and 14 patients received blunt dissection of the intrathoracic esophagus. Five-year survival of 55.6% was observed in curative groups of the present study. No operative mortality was present.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hokari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate