POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER RESECTION OF ESOpHAGEAL AND CARDIAC CARCINOMA IN 575 CASES
- VernacularTitle:食管癌和贲门癌切除术575例术后并发症
- Author:
Jiahua HAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
esophagus neoplasms stomach neoplasms postoperativecomplications
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
1981;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
of the 575 cases undergoing resection of carcinoma of esophagus and cardia,48 cases were associated with 56 postoperative complications (9.73%) which were mainly anastomatic leakage (15),paralysis of recurrent laryngeal nerve (6),colonic obstruction (5),empyema (5),pneumonia (5),and bowels through diaphragmatic incision into pleural cavity (4),and which were rarely paralysis of radial nerve,injury of colonic medium artery or chylothorax.There were 34 cured,5 permanent functional disturbances and 5 died in the 48 cases.The causes and prophylactic measures of the major complications including anastomotic leakage,pulmonary complications,bowels through diaphragmatic incision into pleural cavity and colonic obs-ruction were discussed.
