General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Axial deviation of anastomosis: a risk factor for leakage in retrosternal gastric tube reconstruction after esophagectomy.
Takanori Kurogochi, Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Keita Takahashi, Kohei Uno, Masami Yuda, Akira Matsumoto, Takashi Oshiro, Fumiaki Yano, Ken Eto
Published: 202510.1007/s11748-025-02232-0
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although retrosternal route reconstruction is commonly used in esophagectomy, its anatomical constraints may increase the risk of anastomotic leakage because of the compression of reconstructed organs and deformation of the anastomosis. T…
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