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Routine Intraoperative Jejunostomy Placement and Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: An Unnecessary Step?

Friday, November 1, 2019

Submitted by

Emily Robinson

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezz063

Author(s)

Tiuri E Kroese, Leonidas Tapias, Jacqueline K Olive, Lena E Trager, Christopher R Morse

Commonly, a jejunostomy is placed during esophagectomy. In this report including 188 patients, the impact of jejunostomy on outcomes after esophagectomy was examined. Jejunostomy lead frequently (7%) to jejunostomy-related complications and did not reduce the risk of postoperative weight loss. The authors concluded that the routine use of intraoperative jejunostomy appears to be an unnecessary step.