Esophageal stripping with preservation of the vagus nerve
Akiyama, H.; Tsurumaru, M.; Kawamura, T.; Ono, Y.
International Surgery 67(2): 125-128
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8868 PMID: 7118469 Document Number: 193796
In the surgical treatment of benign stricture of the esophagus, resection should be considered rather than a simple bypass procedure. For resection, blunt esophagectomy without thoracotomy is sometimes the procedure of choice. To prevent postoperative diarrhea due to truncal vagotomy, a new surgical technique to preserve the celiac and hepatic branches of the vagus nerve has been introduced, in conjunction with blunt esophagectomy.