Open AccessThe Prevention of Anastomotic Leakage After Total Gastrectomy with Local Decontamination
Author(s) -
H. M. Schardey,
U. Joosten,
U. Finke,
K. H. Staubach,
Rolf Schauer,
Alexander Heiss,
Albert J. Kooistra,
H. G. Rau,
Reinhard Nibler,
Susanne Lüdeling,
K. Unertl,
Gotthardt Ruckdeschel,
Helmut Exner,
F. W. Schildberg
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199702000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , surgery , perioperative , placebo , anastomosis , tobramycin , complication , antibiotics , cancer , alternative medicine , pathology , gentamicin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled multicenter trial was undertaken in 205 patients treated with total gastrectomy for gastric malignancies to evaluate whether local antimicrobial measures reduce the incidence of esophagojejunal anastomotic leakage.