title: Postoperative gastric ischaemia.
abstract: This review discusses postoperative gastric ischaemia after detailed consideration of the gastric blood supply and the effects of devascularization. Special consideration is given to gastric remnant necrosis, lesser curve ischaemia after highly selective vagotomy, and gastric ischaemia after other operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saadia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*