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Revascularization of the ischemic gastric tube using the left internal thoracic artery
1Department of Surgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
Ischemia of the gastric tube during use as an esophageal substitute may have serious consequences. We describe a method to correct substernal gastric tube ischemia using the left internal thoracic artery as a source of arterial inflow to a short gastric artery. This permitted successful reconstruction of the upper alimentary tract in this patient.