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Background An ulcer occasionally develops in the gastric tube as an esophageal substitute after esophagectomy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the risk factors for a gastric tube ulcer. Methods We reviewed the medical records of all 826 patients who underwent esophageal reconstruction using a gastric tube following esophagectomy, in Kurume University Hospital between 1985...
A 54-year-old man was admitted at our hospital with a complaint of sudden anterior chest pain. At 1 year previously he had undergone right transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer followed by reconstruction using a gastric tube through a posterior mediastinal route. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy confirmed a gastropericardial fistula. He was therefore given emergency intensive proton pump inhibitor...
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