| Abstract: | The results of treatment of 317 patients with concurrent burn of the esophagus and stomach are generalized. Various restorative operations were carried out in 214 of them. The pyloroplasty-type plasty with local tissues was performed in short strictures of the pylorus, cardioesophageal junction, duodenum, and the initial portion of the small intestine. Resection of the stomach after Billroth I was conducted in cicatricial affection of the distal part of the stomach. The Billroth II operation or gastroenterostomy is indicated in subtotal burn and combined cicatricial stenosis of the stomach and duodenum. Enterostomy with subsequent restorative operation is indicated in total burn of the stomach. Preoperative management with consideration for the operative risk, elaboration of a rational therapeutic tactics and improvement of operative techniques with the use of laser and microsurgical techniques facilitated a decrease in the number of complications and in the mortality rate. |
