[The method of skeletonized right gastroepiploic artery is useful for following upper abdominal cancer operations].
We reported 5 cases of upper abdominal malignant tumors in patients with previously underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using in situ gastroepiploic artery (GEA) graft. In our cases, we found that the GEA grafts were easily identified during abdominal operation when the GEA were collected by the skeletonize method.
Kotoh
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Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
Fukahara
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Ueyama
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Misaki
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*