Modification of the Postlethwait Method in Improvement of Esophageal Bypass: An Essential Treating Method

Masahiro Kimura; Yasuyuki Shibata; Akira Mitsui; Yoshiyuki Kuwabara

doi:10.9734/JAMMR/2018/38581

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Modification of the Postlethwait Method in Improvement of Esophageal Bypass: An Essential Treating Method

Masahiro Kimura, Yasuyuki Shibata, Akira Mitsui, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 1–5 · Published 5 May 2018

10.9734/JAMMR/2018/38581

Abstract

The quality of life for patients with inoperative esophageal cancer is poor due to dysphagia caused by stenosis or development of a tracheoesophageal fistula. One option for these patients is bypass surgery. These patients are often medical compromised and have a poor prognosis. Consequently, any palliative surgical intervention should be definitiuve and minimally invasive. We have improved upon esophageal bypass surgery as originally described by Postlethwait by using a radial stapler to form the gastric tube.

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Masahiro Kimura, Yasuyuki Shibata, Akira Mitsui, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara (2018). Modification of the Postlethwait Method in Improvement of Esophageal Bypass: An Essential Treating Method. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research , 1–5. https://doi.org/10.9734/JAMMR/2018/38581

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Masahiro Kimura — Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Yasuyuki Shibata — Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Akira Mitsui — Department of Surgery, Nagoya City West Medical Center, Japan.
Yoshiyuki Kuwabara — Department of Surgery, Nagoya City West Medical Center, Japan

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