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Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy with stomach pull-up in hypopharyngeal carcinomas
Joint Authors
al-Bayati, Ali Ihsan
Karim, Zayd A.
al-Janabi, Falih H.
Source
Issue
Vol. 9, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2003), pp.38-42, 5 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Medicine
Publication Date
2003-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This is a study of fourteen cases presented with hypopharyngeal and upper esophageal tumours that underwent pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy with trans-hiatus gastric transposition.
PLEGT-with pharyngo gastric anastomosis, done in the period between 1 / 2/ 1997 – 2 / 6 / 2001 in Alyarmouk Teaching Hospital in Baghdad.
Usual complaints of the patients were dysphagia.
Some of the patients had stridor that necessitated tracheotomy prior to the operation.
Postoperative mortality was 14%, three of the patients developed anastomotic fistulae, all of them responded to surgical treatment, other complications included two cases of pneumothorax, the disease recurred locally in two cases, four cases of wound infection, and four cases of transient hypocalcemia.
The mean period of follow up was thirty months, during this period, three patients died, two of them after recurrence of the disease and one due to C.V.A., nevertheless all of them were swallowing satisfactorily, even those who died.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Bayati, Ali Ihsan& Karim, Zayd A.& al-Janabi, Falih H.. 2003. Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy with stomach pull-up in hypopharyngeal carcinomas. Basrah Journal of Surgery،Vol. 9, no. 1, pp.38-42.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karim, Zayd A.…[et al.]. Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy with stomach pull-up in hypopharyngeal carcinomas. Basrah Journal of Surgery Vol. 9, no. 1 (Mar. 2003), pp.38-42.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-385628
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Bayati, Ali Ihsan& Karim, Zayd A.& al-Janabi, Falih H.. Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy with stomach pull-up in hypopharyngeal carcinomas. Basrah Journal of Surgery. 2003. Vol. 9, no. 1, pp.38-42.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-385628
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 42
Record ID
BIM-385628