Gastric Substitutes:

TONY AMERY In 1897, the Swiss surgeon Carl Schlatter carried must use this knowledge and experience to select out the first successful total gastrectomy for gas­ the reconstruction procedure which will leave the tric cancer. Three years earlier, Haberkant of patient with the fewest postoperative pro...

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Main Authors: Metzger, J. (Author), Harder, F. (Author), Flüe, M. Von (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2003
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Online Access:UBR01
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Summary:TONY AMERY In 1897, the Swiss surgeon Carl Schlatter carried must use this knowledge and experience to select out the first successful total gastrectomy for gas­ the reconstruction procedure which will leave the tric cancer. Three years earlier, Haberkant of patient with the fewest postoperative problems. Danzig reported a mortality rate of 54.4% in a Currently, the tried and trusted Roux-en-Y re­ collection of 257 resections for gastric cancer. construction is the most favoured procedure, but Over the last 100 years there have been radical the search for a better alternative will continue changes in surgical care, which have produced and Dr. Metzgers study using the ileocolic seg­ massive reductions in the risks associated with ment both experimentally in the pig and in hu­ such procedures. The introduction of prophylac­ mans suggests that this stomach substitute could tic surgical antisepsis by Semmelweiss and Lister in the longer term be a better proposition
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 146 p. 30 illus)
ISBN:9783642558801
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-55880-1