OBJECTIVE: To define the frequency and predictors of short esophagus in a case series of patients undergoing antireflux surgery. METHOD: An observational prospective study from September 10, 2004, to October 31, 2006, was performed at 8 centers. The distance between the esophagogastric junction as identified by intraoperative esophagoscopy and the apex of the diaphragmatic hiatus was measured intraoperatively before and after esophageal mediastinal dissection; a distance of 1.5 cm was arbitrarily determined to categorize cases as long (>1.5 cm) or short (
THE SHORT ESOPHAGUS: INTRAOPEARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL LENGTH / Mattioli S.; Lugaresi M.L.; Costantini M.; Del Genio A.; Di Martino N.; Fei L.; Fumagalli U.; Maffettone V.; Monaco L.; Morino M.; Rebecchi F.; Rosati R.; Rossi M.; Santi S.; Trapani V.; Zaninotto G.. - In: JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 0022-5223. - STAMPA. - 136 (4):(2008), pp. 834-841.
THE SHORT ESOPHAGUS: INTRAOPEARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL LENGTH
MATTIOLI, SANDRO;LUGARESI, MARIALUISA;
2008
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To define the frequency and predictors of short esophagus in a case series of patients undergoing antireflux surgery. METHOD: An observational prospective study from September 10, 2004, to October 31, 2006, was performed at 8 centers. The distance between the esophagogastric junction as identified by intraoperative esophagoscopy and the apex of the diaphragmatic hiatus was measured intraoperatively before and after esophageal mediastinal dissection; a distance of 1.5 cm was arbitrarily determined to categorize cases as long (>1.5 cm) or short (I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
