[Application of gastric pharyngeal anastomosis assisted by laparoscope and a report of 4 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the clinical application of gastric pharyngeal anastomosis assisted by laparoscope.


METHODS
Apply laparoscope in the gastric pharyngeal anastomosis for 4 cases of advanced hypopharyngeal carcinoma and cervical esophageal carcinoma patients.


RESULTS
Gastric pharyngeal anastomosis assisted by laparoscope were successfully completed in all 4 patients, all patients avoided thoracotomy or laparotomy, one patient occurred pharyngeal fistula, and died six months later. One patient had cervical lymph node metastasis a year and a half later, without treatment again because of economicissue. The remaining two patients were still alive, one patient had survived 3 years and a half after operation, the other had survived 2 years and a half after operation.


CONCLUSIONS
Gastric pharyngeal anastomosis assisted by laparoscope is feasible. It can reduce the operation wound, improve the safety of operation and patients' life quality.
Qinghai
Q
Lin
Huige
H
Wang
Xinqiang
X
Lin
Jiang
J
Yan
Tian
T
Yang
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009333:Neck; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate