RT Journal
A1 Skinner DB
T1 TRansthoracic, transgastric interruption of bleeding esophageal varices
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1969
FD October 1
VO 99
IS 4
SP 447
OP 453
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340160027006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340160027006
AB Portasystemic shunt operations provide effective and prolonged control of bleeding from gastroesophageal varices accompanying portal hypertension. In patients who are not candidates for emergency portal decompression because of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, small size of vein, or other reasons, direct surgical interruption of bleeding esophageal varices may be employed. Transesophageal suture of varices, as advocated by Boerema,1 Crile,2 and Linton and Warren3 controls bleeding immediately but is followed by a high incidence of rebleeding and the risk of leakage from an esophageal suture line. More extensive operations such as gastroesophageal resection4,5 gastric or esophageal transection,6 and portaazygos disconnection,7 reduce the likelihood of recurrent bleeding but require an esophageal anastomosis and may cause gastroesophageal reflux and esophagitis postoperatively. To reduce these hazards, a technique has been devised for transthoracic, transgastric suture of bleeding varices with devascularization and reconstruction of the cardia. This method interrupts submucosal