Esophageal reconstruction--using gastric tube instead of whole stomach.
- Author:
Keneng CHEN
1
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100142, China. chenkeneng@bjmu.edu.cn.
- Publication Type:Editorial
- MeSH:
Esophageal Neoplasms;
surgery;
Esophagectomy;
Humans;
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures;
Stomach;
surgery
- From:
Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
2014;17(9):851-853
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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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.
