ObjectiveTo compare the antireflux effects of lip reinforcement, His angle reconstruction with fundoplication, and mechanical anastomosis only in mechanical anastomosis for esophageal and cardiac carcinoma. MethodsOne hundred and seventysix patients with esophageal or cardiac carcinoma admitted to this hospital between March 2008 and October 2009 were included, which were divided into mechanical anastomosis group (n=42), His angle reconstruction group(n=56), and lip reinforcement group (n=78) according to the sequence of admission. Mechanical anastomosis only, mechanical anastomosis His angle reconstruction with fundoplication, and mechanical anastomosis liptype reinforcement were performed in the corresponding group, respectively. Endoscopy and biopsy were conducted to evaluate the antireflux effects on 3 months after operation. ResultsThere were no differences on the gender, age, tumor location, anastomosis site, and incision among three groups (Pgt;0.05). The reflux rates of the mechanical anastomosis group, His angle reconstruction group, and lip reinforcement group were 69.05%, 28.57%, and 14.10%, respectively. The reflux rates in the lip reinforcement group and His angle reconstruction group were significantly lower than those in the mechanical anastomosis group (χ2=37.088, P=0.000; χ2=15.833, P=0.000), moreover, the rate in the lip reinforcement group was significantly lower than that in the His angle reconstruction group (χ2=4.241, P=0.039). There was no anastomotic leakage in the lip reinforcement group and all patients safely discharged from hospital after surgery, only 2 patients had moderately anastomotic stenosis and both of them had good recovery with endoscopic dilatationl. The reflux after operation was independent of anastomosis sites (Pgt;0.05). ConclusionBoth liptype reinforcement and His angle reconstruction can improve the ability of antireflux, liptype reinforcement is better and simple to mainpulate.
ObjectiveTo explore the effects of modified telescopic embedding anastomosis in surgical treatment of esophageal and cardiac carcinoma. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 160 patients with esophageal or cardiac cancer undergoing surgery in our group from January 2014 through May 2015. There were 119 males and 41 females with a mean age of 61.6±7.1 years. Sixty-four patients received Sweet esophagectomy and 96 patients underwent minimally invasive Mckeown esophagectomy, and all the patients received end to side mechanical anastomosis. The patients were divided into a modified group and a traditional group according to the embedding types. There were 34 males and 12 females aged 61.7±6.4 years in the modified group undergoing modified telescopic embedding. There were 85 males and 29 females aged 62.2±7.5 years in the traditional group undergoing traditional interrupted horizontal mattress suture embedding. The anastomostic time and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. ResultsCompared with the traditional group, obviously lower incidence of anastomotic fistula (0.0% vs. 12.3%, χ2=4.478, P=0.013), shorter anastomosis time (28.9±2.9 min vs. 30.0±3.1 min, t=-1.983, P=0.049), but a higher incidence of anastomotic stenosis (30.4% vs. 3.5%, χ2=23.799, P=0.000) in the modified group were found. There were no significant differences in the incidences of pulmonary complications, cardiovascular complications, laryngeal recurrent nerve injury, or perioperative mortality between the two groups (P>0.05). ConclusionModified telescopic embedding anastomosis is safe and feasible in surgical treatment of esophageal and cardiac carcinoma, and can effectively reduce the incidence of anastomotic fistula.