Intravenous NTG to Preserve Gastric Microcirculation During Gastric Tube Reconstruction

Summary

The aim of the present study was to investigate if NTG, administered intravenously during gastric tube reconstruction, could preserve gastric fundus tissue blood flow and oxygenation and reduce the incidence of postoperative leakage.

Timeline

Start

2005-05

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-12

Publications

• Background Buise MP, Ince C, Tilanus HW, Klein J, Gommers D, van Bommel J. The effect of nitroglycerin on microvascular perfusion and oxygenation during gastric tube reconstruction. Anesth Analg. 2005 Apr;100(4):1107-1111. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000147665.60613.CA.
• Background Pierie JP, de Graaf PW, van Vroonhoven TJ, Obertop H. Healing of the cervical esophagogastrostomy. J Am Coll Surg. 1999 Apr;188(4):448-54. doi: 10.1016/s1072-7515(99)00003-4. No abstract available.
• Background Jacobi CA, Zieren HU, Zieren J, Muller JM. Is tissue oxygen tension during esophagectomy a predictor of esophagogastric anastomotic healing? J Surg Res. 1998 Feb 1;74(2):161-4. doi: 10.1006/jsre.1997.5239.
• Background Siegemund M, van Bommel J, Ince C. Assessment of regional tissue oxygenation. Intensive Care Med. 1999 Oct;25(10):1044-60. doi: 10.1007/s001340051011. No abstract available.
• Buise M, van Bommel J, Jahn A, Tran K, Tilanus H, Gommers D. Intravenous nitroglycerin does not preserve gastric microcirculation during gastric tube reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care. 2006;10(5):R131. doi: 10.1186/cc5043.

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