title: [Cervical anastomosis of the stomach transposed through the esophageal bed--report of 536 cases].
abstract: Cervical anastomosis of the stomach transposed through the esophageal bed after subtotal resection of esophagus was performed in 536 patients with esophageal cancer during the past 15 years. It comprised 41.2% of all esophagotomy. This operation can be used for lesion at every segment of the esophagus except carcinoma of gastric cardia. Its advantages are: 1. The lesions can be radically resected; 2. The distance of transposition is short; 3. The patient's position need not be changed during the whole course of the operation, and the operative trauma is smaller than the conventional method with three incisions; 4. The stomach lying in the esophageal bed is more physiological; and 5. The procedure of cervical anastomosis is easy and safe. The authors recommend that the cervical anastomosis be adopted instead of anastomosis above the arch of aorta, and be performed through the esophageal bed.
authors.affiliation: Jining First People's Hospital.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*