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Okochi M, Ueda K, Sakaba T, et al. Right gastro-omental artery reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy for subtotal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015;15:42-5doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020.
Okochi, M., Ueda, K., Sakaba, T., Kenjo, A., & Gotoh, M. (2015). Right gastro-omental artery reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy for subtotal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up. International journal of surgery case reports, 1542-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020
Okochi, Masayuki, et al. "Right gastro-omental artery reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy for subtotal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up." International journal of surgery case reports vol. 15 (2015): 42-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020
Okochi M, Ueda K, Sakaba T, Kenjo A, Gotoh M. Right gastro-omental artery reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy for subtotal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015;15:42-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020. Epub 2015 Aug 18. PMID: 26313336; PMCID: PMC4601963.
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Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015;15:42-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020. Epub 2015 Aug 18.

Right gastro-omental artery reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy for subtotal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up.

International journal of surgery case reports

Masayuki Okochi, Kazuki Ueda, Takao Sakaba, Akira Kenjo, Mitsukazu Gotoh

Affiliations

  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.

PMID: 26313336 PMCID: PMC4601963 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.020

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: There are no reports on vessel reconstruction of right gastro-omental artery deficits due to pancreatic tumor resection. Here, we describe successful arterial reconstruction using the middle colic artery in a patient who had undergone esophageal reconstruction with a gastric tube and whose right gastro-omental artery had been resected.

PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 70-year-old man underwent subtotal esophagectomy and reconstructive surgery with a retrosternal gastric tube for esophageal cancer. A follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a tumor on the pancreatic head that was adjacent to the right gastro-omental artery. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) was subsequently performed. The gastro-omental artery was resected along with the tumor, creating a 7-cm deficit. The anastomosis was performed between the right branch of the middle colic artery and the distal end of the right gastro-omental artery. No complications that involved blood flow to the reconstructed esophagus were postoperatively observed. Four months after surgery, the blood flow to the gastric tube was confirmed by a contrast CT scan.

DISCUSSION: We reconstructed the right gastro-omental artery using the middle colic artery, and not a vein graft, as that would have required vessel anastomosis at two locations. The middle colic artery branches on the posterior surface of the pancreas, which is located close to the right gastro-omental artery.

CONCLUSION: The middle colic artery provides sufficient blood supply to the pulled-up gastric tube. PD can be performed even in patients who have undergone esophageal reconstruction.

Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Arterial reconstruction; Gastro-omental artery; Microsurgery; Middle colic artery; Pancreaticoduodenactomy

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