Management of Delayed Gastric Emptying After Esophagectomy With Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of the Pylorus Michael Lanuti, MD, Pierre DeDelva, MD, Christopher R. Morse, MD, Cameron D. Wright, MD, John C. Wain, MD, Henning A. Gaissert, MD, Dean M. Donahue, MD, Douglas J. Mathisen, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 91, Issue 4, Pages 1019-1024 (April 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.055 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Observed incidence of postoperative gastric outlet obstruction (black) independent of pyloric drainage and incidence of intraoperative pyloric drainage (gray) stratified by surgical approach (comparison of minimally invasive esophagectomy [MIE] versus other approaches for the presence of gastric outlet obstruction; p value = 0.13). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 91, 1019-1024DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.055) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions