Impact of Reconstruction Route on Postoperative Morbidity After Esophagectomy: Analysis of Esophagectomies in the Japanese National Clinical Database

Impact of Reconstruction Route on Postoperative Morbidity After Esophagectomy: Analysis of Esophagectomies in the Japanese National Clinical Database

Abstract Background Esophagectomy followed by gastric conduit reconstruction is a standard surgical procedure for esophageal cancer. However, there is no evidence of the superiority or inferiority of the posterior mediastinal (PM) versus the retrosternal (RS) reconstruction route with regard to shor...

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Main Authors: Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Soji Ozawa, Hiroaki Miyata, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Hisahiro Matsubara, Yuichiro Doki, Yuko Kitagawa, Hiroya Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
Subjects:
anastomotic leak
national clinical database
pneumonia
posterior mediastinal route
retrosternal route
surgical site infection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12501

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