title: [Esophageal reconstruction--using gastric tube instead of whole stomach].
abstract: Stomach is the first choice for esophageal reconstruction following esophagectomy. In the earlier days, however, whole stomach pulling-up was the major surgery, which had some shortcomings. Recently, gastric tube has gained wide acceptance for esophageal reconstruction. This paper summarized the anatomical and physiological advantage of stomach, the disadvantage of whole stomach, and benefits of gastric tube for esophageal reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100142, China. chenkeneng@bjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Keneng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*