Differences Between Intracorporeal and Extracorporeal Gastric Tube Reconstruction after Esophagectomy

Esophagectomy remains good option to curative intent for esophageal carcinoma. However, quality of life for postoperative symptoms such as reflux, gastric emptying delayed and dysphagia is on debate. Some studies advocate relations between those symptoms to gastric tube conformation and discrepancies between intra and extracorporeal gastric tube construction. We aimed to analyze differences between both methods.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Surgical Oncology Source Type: research