TRANSPLANT DELAY WILL REDUCE ANASTOMOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF GASTRIC PULL UP FOR ISOLATED ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA

Authors
URSCHEL JD
Citation
Jd. Urschel, TRANSPLANT DELAY WILL REDUCE ANASTOMOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF GASTRIC PULL UP FOR ISOLATED ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, Medical hypotheses, 40(6), 1993, pp. 379-380
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Medical hypotheses → ACNP
ISSN journal
03069877
Volume
40
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
379 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9877(1993)40:6<379:TDWRAC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Anastomotic dehiscence is a major source of mortality after gastric pu ll up reconstruction for isolated esophageal atresia. Inadequate blood supply is a leading etiologic factor for dehiscence. To enhance vascu larity of the stomach, and thereby reduce anastomotic complications, l aparoscopic partial gastric devascularization 14 days prior to gastric pull up is proposed. The reconstructive principle of skin flap delay is applied to the gastric pull up procedure.