Primary anastomosis was performed on 40 patients, and cervical esophagostomy and gastrostomy on 12 others. Only division of the fistula was required in the 3 children who had no esophageal atresia.

and the benefits of placing the upper esophageal anastomosis in the cervical region where a longer resection margin is obtained and anastomotic leakage is not as likely to cause death. They also ...

Several animal models of esophageal carcinoma are available. Surgical models in rodents, in which gastrectomy with esophagojejunal anastomosis or esophagoduodenal anastomosis is used to induce ...

tracheo-esophageal fistulas or anastomotic leaks. A brief article published on May 14, 2010 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology reports the experience of an Italian high-volume center for ...

The lower and middle parts of the esophagus, up to the level of the azygos vein, are resected en bloc with the subcardial portion of the stomach. Gastroesophageal anastomosis is created using a ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized use of the Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis, a first-of-its-kind ...

"We found that with the extra blood flow produced by supercharging, we were able to take our anastomotic leak rate to zero. Jejunal interposition remains our preferred type of esophageal replacement." ...

tracheo-esophageal fistulas or anastomotic leaks. A brief article published on May 14, 2010 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology reports the experience of an Italian high-volume center for ...