Table 1 Literature review of the reported cases with injury of right gastroepiploic vessel during esophagectomy and reconstruction
First Author | Year | Case no | Type of caner | Type of Esophagectomy | Type of gastric conduiting | Injured vessel | Management | Evaluation strategy for vascular patency | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colon [11] | 2016 | 1 | GEJ adenocarcinoma | Ivor-Lewis | Laparotomy | RGEA | End-to-end anastomosis | Transit time ultrasound | Anastomosis leakage |
Kitagawa [12] | 2017 | 1 | Esophageal SCC | N/A | N/A | RGEV | Venous superdrainage | ICG fluorescence imaging | No complication |
van Boxel [13] | 2020 | 1 | GEJ adenocarcinoma | McKeown | Laparoscopy | RGEA + RGEV | End-to-end anastomosis | Staged reconstruction | No complication |
Yun [14] | 2020 | 1 | GEJ adenocarcinoma | Ivor-Lewis | Robotic | RGEA | End-to-end anastomosis | Flourence ICG imaging | No complication |
Chen [15] | 2021 | 3 | N/A | McKeown | N/A | RGEA + RGEV × 2 RGEA × 1 | End-to-end anastomosis | Coronary blood flow measuring instrument | Anastomosis leakage × 1 |
Kou | 2021 | 1 | Esophageal SCC | McKeown | Laparoscopy | RGEA + RGEV | End-to-end anastomosis | Flourence ICG imaging | Anastomosis leakage |