Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 1097-1102Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.07.059
Keywords
Esophagus; Adenocarcinoma; Fundoplication
Funding
- National Cancer Institute of Canada with funds from the Canadian Cancer Society
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
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Objective: The primary aim of this study was to test the widespread assumption that the viability of the gastric fundus is compromised by fundoplication, thereby limiting the use of stomach to reconstruct the upper gastrointestinal tract after esophageal resection. Methods: Between February 1991 and February 2006, a consecutive series of 142 patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma (EADC) underwent esophageal resection. To reconstruct the upper gastrointestinal tract, all patients had a narrow gastric tube (greater curvature of stomach based on the right gastroepiploic artery) transposed through the posterior mediastinum to the left neck where an anastomosis to the cervical esophagus was performed. From a prospective database, 15 patients were identified to have undergone an 'open' fundoplication (transabdominal Nissen, n = 11; transthoracic Belsey, n = 4) from 12 to 23 years earlier. Outcomes were compared between patients with EADC who had undergone previous fundoplication, and patients with EADC who never had antireflux surgery. Results: Gastric transposition and cervical esophagogastrostomy were technically feasible in all patients. No significant differences in outcome were found between patient groups. Gastric necrosis developed in only one patient, who had not undergone previous fundoplication. Anastomotic leak rates after esophageal resection and reconstruction were not statistically different based on whether patients had undergone previous fundoplication (2/15, 13.3%) or not (16/127, 12.6%; p=0.99). Conclusions: With careful attention to surgical technique, previous fundoplication does not preclude the use of stomach to reconstruct the foregut after esophageal resection, refuting the notion that previous antireflux surgery is a relative contraindication to, or alters the approach to esophageal cancer surgery. (C) 2008 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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