Cancer of the esophagus: ten years' experience.

The paper reports the authors' ten-year experience of the surgical treatment of cancer of the esophagus. A total of 625 patients with esophageal carcinoma were observed during the period 1980-89 of whom 490 were admitted to hospital and, of the latter, 172 (35.1%) were operated with a sectile rate of 86% (148 patients).

Gastric angiography: data for oesophagogastroplasty.

A report is presented on an angiographic study of the gastric arterial system conducted on 20 human stomachs taken from cadavers during routine autopsies. The aim of the study was to define the anatomical bases for the supply of blood to the isoperistaltic gastric tubule in oesophagogastroplasty operations. The study reveals that on its own the right gastroepiploic artery cannot ensure adequate vascularisation of the gastric fundus.

Endoscopic insertion of 248 prostheses in inoperable carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia: short-term and long-term results.

We present our findings after 248 endoscopic intubations with the Nottingham introducer and more recently with the Dumon-Gilliard system for inoperable carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia. Mortality within the first week was 7.6% decreasing to 4.