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Noninvasive evaluation of gastric tube blood supply with multislice computed tomography
Author(s) -
Iacopo Carbone,
Adriano Ascarelli,
Federico Francioni,
Roberto Passariello
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.061
Subject(s) - multislice computed tomography , blood supply , computed tomography , tube (container) , multislice , tomography , medicine , radiology , nuclear medicine , materials science , surgery , composite material
1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.061 A 57-year-old man with esophageal carcinoma underwent total esophagectomy and cervico-abdominal reconstruction using a gastric tube. One year after surgery, a multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scan was able to evaluate the blood supply to the gastric tube by right gastroepiploic artery (Figs. 1 and 2).

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