GASTRIC PERFORATION AFTER AORTOCORONARY BYPASS-GRAFTING WITH THE RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY

Authors
WITKOP J DILLEMANS BRS GRANDJEAN JG BAMS JL EBELS T
Citation
J. Witkop et al., GASTRIC PERFORATION AFTER AORTOCORONARY BYPASS-GRAFTING WITH THE RIGHT GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 58(4), 1994, pp. 1170-1171
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
58
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1170 - 1171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)58:4<1170:GPAABW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In coronary artery bypass grafting, we prefer the right gastroepiploic artery as an adjunct to the internal mammary arteries, due to its com parable size to the mammary artery, now, length, freedom of atheroscle rosis, pharmacologic responses, and patency rate. No major gastric com plications after the use of the gastroepiploic artery have been report ed yet. We report gastric perforation due to excessive coagulation of side branches of the gastroepiploic artery supplying the greater curva ture of the stomach.