title: Resection of the Gastric Tube Reconstructed through the Retrosternal Route without Sternotomy.
abstract: With advances of combined modality therapy, prognoses in esophageal cancer have been improving. After resection of esophageal cancer, the development of gastric tube cancer is a risk. While such cancer in an early stage can be cured endoscopically, total gastric tube resection is indicated in advanced stages. A 68-year-old man underwent subtotal esophagectomy reconstructed with a gastric tube through the retrosternal route. Gastric cancer was found one and a half years postoperatively. The gastric tube was resected without sternotomy. This is the first report of a patient undergoing resection of the gastric tube reconstructed through the retrosternal route without sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1069-024X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hato
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniwaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Takaya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eguchi