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esophagogastrectomy

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e·soph·a·go·gas·trec·to·my (-sf-g-g-strkt-m)
n.
The removal of a portion of the lower esophagus and proximal stomach for treatment of neoplasms or strictures of those organs, especially lesions at or near the cardioesophageal junction.

esophagogastrectomy [ĕ-sof″ah-go-gas-trek´to-me]
excision of the esophagus and stomach.

esophagogastrectomy
excision of the esophagus and stomach.


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Among the 10 patients, 4 (40%) underwent esophagogastrectomy (3 with PEM and 1 with metastatic melanoma), and autopsies were performed on 2 additional patients (1 with PEM and 1 with metastatic melanoma).
2) Although partial or total esophagogastrectomy are accepted as the current standard of care for Barrett's high-grade dysplasia or carcinoma, the associated morbidity and mortality are not trivial.
Wehmann and Green performed a partial esophagogastrectomy and a reversal of a Nissan fundoplication from a prior surgery.
 
 
 
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