Esophageal stripping with preservation of the vagus nerve.
In the surgical treatment of benign stricture of the esophagus, resection should be considered rather than a simple bypass procedure. For resection, blunt esophagectomy without thoracotomy is sometimes the procedure of choice. To prevent postoperative diarrhea due to truncal vagotomy, a new surgical technique to preserve the celiac and hepatic branches of the vagus nerve has been introduced, in conjunction with blunt esophagectomy.
D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014630:Vagus Nerve