Resection of the Gastric Tube Reconstructed through the Retrosternal Route without Sternotomy

Masahiro Kimura; Yasuyuki Shibata; Kotaro Mizuno; Hironori Tanaka; Motoki Hato; Satoshi Taniwaki; Yoichiro Mori; Nobuo Ochi; Takaya Nagasaki; Shuhei Ueno; Yuki Eguchi

doi:10.1155/2017/5862871

Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2017)

Resection of the Gastric Tube Reconstructed through the Retrosternal Route without Sternotomy

Masahiro Kimura,
Yasuyuki Shibata,
Kotaro Mizuno,
Hironori Tanaka,
Motoki Hato,
Satoshi Taniwaki,
Yoichiro Mori,
Nobuo Ochi,
Takaya Nagasaki,
Shuhei Ueno,
Yuki Eguchi

Affiliations

Masahiro Kimura: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Yasuyuki Shibata: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Kotaro Mizuno: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Hironori Tanaka: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Motoki Hato: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Satoshi Taniwaki: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Yoichiro Mori: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Nobuo Ochi: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Takaya Nagasaki: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Shuhei Ueno: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan
Yuki Eguchi: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8547, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5862871
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2017

Abstract

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With advances of combined modality therapy, prognoses in esophageal cancer have been improving. After resection of esophageal cancer, the development of gastric tube cancer is a risk. While such cancer in an early stage can be cured endoscopically, total gastric tube resection is indicated in advanced stages. A 68-year-old man underwent subtotal esophagectomy reconstructed with a gastric tube through the retrosternal route. Gastric cancer was found one and a half years postoperatively. The gastric tube was resected without sternotomy. This is the first report of a patient undergoing resection of the gastric tube reconstructed through the retrosternal route without sternotomy.

Published in Case Reports in Surgery

ISSN: 2090-6900 (Print); 2090-6919 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cris/

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