Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8671373 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Severe gastric conduit dysfunction after esophagectomy is rare. Symptoms, esophagram findings, and response to interventional esophagoscopy guide the decision to revise the conduit. Principles of conduit revision include reducing paraconduit hernias, reducing redundant conduit, tubularizing a dilated conduit, and ensuring adequate gastric drainage. Selective revision was performed with minimal morbidity and durable improvement in subjective symptoms of dysphagia and reflux.
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