title: Supercharged gastric tube pull-up procedure for total esophageal reconstruction.
abstract: Total esophageal reconstruction using a gastric tube is complicated because it sometimes causes postoperative complications such as anastomotic leakage, stenosis, or fistula formation resulting from insufficient blood flow at the distal end. To overcome this problem, during the past 5 years the authors performed seven additional microvascular anastomoses using the short gastric vessels of the gastric tube. No postoperative complications occurred except partial tracheal necrosis in 1 patient. Postoperative radiographic examination showed no reflux or stasis in all patients, and no evidence of necrosis at the anastomotic site of the pulled-up gastric tube was observed by postoperative endoscopy. This technique reduces risk and may contribute to the successful reconstruction of the digestive tract after total esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakibuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toyosaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*