Chen, Laite Zhang, Lu Shi, Lu Fu, Guosheng Jiang, Chenyang
Published in
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
BackgroundPostoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most common complications of esophagectomy, which may extend the inpatient hospital stay. Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has been increasingly used in clinical practice; however, its POAF risk and short-term mortality remain unclear. This study aimed to examine the POAF risk a...
Linden, Philip A Towe, Christopher W Watson, Thomas J Low, Donald E Cassivi, Stephen D Grau-Sepulveda, Maria Worrell, Stephanie G Perry, Yaron
Published in
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
The relationship between individual complications and esophagectomy mortality is unclear. The influence of comorbidities on the impact of complications on operative mortality is also unknown. We sought to assess the impact of individual complications and the effect of coexisting comorbidities on operative mortality following esophagectomy. All gast...
Kobayashi, Shinichiro Taniguchi, Ken Tanaka, Fujinobu Maeda, Shigeto Hirayama, Takanori Tokunaga, Takayuki Takeshita, Hiroaki Miura, Shiro Kuroki, Tamotsu
Published in
Surgical Case Reports
BackgroundPharyngoesophageal dysphagia sometimes develops after esophagectomy. However, severe dysphagia after esophagectomy due to cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction is a rare complication. There are no recommended clinical treatments for cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction after esophagectomy. We report a case of myotomy for cricopharyngeus muscle...
Park, Seong Yong Jung, Inkyung Heo, Seok Jae Byun, Go Eun Lee, Eun Young Kim, Dae Joon
Published in
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
After esophagectomy, various reconstruction routes can be considered for technical and oncologic objectives. The substernal route is believed to cause more dysphagia or delayed gastric emptying symptoms than the posterior mediastinal route. We evaluated and compared the quality of life (QoL) after reconstruction by either the substernal or posterio...
Yoshida, Tomoaki Hashimoto, Satoru Mizuno, Ken-Ichi Ichikawa, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Junji Umezu, Hajime Terai, Shuji
Published in
Clinical journal of gastroenterology
An asymptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum (ED) was diagnosed in a man undergoing annual esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at another hospital 40 years before he presented to our hospital at age 63 years for his annual EGD. However, because substantial food retention was found in the ED, we could not confirm a lesion. After the retained food was remove...
Urabe, Masayuki Koga, Shuhei Ohkura, Yu Ueno, Masaki Udagawa, Harushi
Published in
Clinical journal of gastroenterology
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a minimally invasive procedure providing nutritional benefits to malnourished patients. Although a past history of celiotomy is not a contradiction for PEG construction, this procedure is rarely undertaken in post-esophagectomy patients, for two reasons: anatomically limited gastric spaces and high susce...
Honda, Yohei Taira, Akihiro Hirai, Ayako Kuroda, Koji Ichiki, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Fumihiro
Published in
Surgical Case Reports
BackgroundPost-esophagectomy bronchopleural fistulas can be life-threatening in patients who are exhausted, for example, by surgical stress and pleural infection; therefore, establishment of a reliable surgical procedure is extremely important. We here report a novel procedure entailing muscle flap closure for bronchopleural fistula.Case presentati...
Suzuki, Shigemasa Aihara, Ryusuke Ooki, Takashi Matsumura, Naoki Wada, Wataru Mogi, Akira Hosouchi, Yasuo Nishida, Yasuji Sakai, Makoto Sohda, Makoto
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Published in
Surgical Case Reports
BackgroundDespite improved surgical techniques and perioperative management, anastomotic leakage (AL) after esophageal cancer surgery remains a potential complication. In most cases, spontaneous healing upon proper drainage is observed, but sometimes, AL results in intractable enterocutaneous fistulas. We here report a case of intractable enterocut...
Miyata, Kazushi Fukaya, Masahide Nagino, Masato
Published in
Surgical Case Reports
BackgroundGastro-tracheobronchial fistula after esophagectomy is a rare but life-threatening complication associated with high mortality. Several authors reported postoperative management of tracheobronchial fistula. However, treatment is demanding and challenging, and the strategy is still controversial.Case presentationA 64-year-old man underwent...
Plat, Victor D Stam, Wessel T Schoonmade, Linda J Heineman, David J van der Peet, Donald L Daams, Freek
Published in
American journal of surgery
Robot-assisted surgery for esophageal cancer is increasingly applied. Despite this upsurge, the preferential technique to create a robot-assisted intrathoracic anastomosis has not been established. Bibliographic databases were searched to identify studies that performed a robot-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy and described the technical details o...
