Pancreaticoduodenectomy after esophageal and gastric surgery preserving right gastroepiploic vessels.
Secondary pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed in 2 patients, 1 who had undergone proximal gastrectomy for a gastric carcinoma and 1 who had undergone subtotal esophagectomy with stomach tube reconstruction for an inferior thoracic esophageal carcinoma. To prevent ischemia and congestion of the remnant stomach, the inflow and outflow pathways to the stomach, such as the right gastroepiploic artery and vein, were preserved. In this article, we describe the preservation procedures and discuss the problems of the secondary abdominal surgical procedure.
Ikeda
Mami
M
Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Hasegawa
Kiyoshi
K
Akamatsu
Nobuhisa
N
Minagawa
Masami
M
Imamura
Hiroshi
H
Sugawara
Yasuhiko
Y
Kokudo
Norihiro
N
Makuuchi
Masatoshi
M
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery