Flexible gastric tube: A novel gastric tube formation method to prevent anastomotic leakage.

Publication date: Available online 20 February 2020Source: The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAuthor(s): Yasuaki Nakajima, Kenro Kawada, Yutaka Tokairin, Akihiro Hoshino, Takuya OkadaAbstractGastric tube reconstruction is now the method most frequently used for digestive tract reconstruction after the resection of esophageal carcinoma. In our institute, a “flexible” gastric tube designed to supply a sufficient amount of blood to the tip of the gastric tube (the same as a subtotal gastric tube) and simultaneously provide sufficient length for tension-free anastomosis in the cervical surgical field (the same as a narrow gastric tube) was introduced. This gastric tube formation method has contributed to improving the rate of anastomotic leakage.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research