Prevention of Delayed Gastric Emptying After Esophagectomy: A Single Center's Experience With Botulinum Toxin Jeremiah T. Martin, MD, John A. Federico, MD, Alicia A. McKelvey, MD, Michael S. Kent, MD, Thomas Fabian, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 6, Pages 1708-1714 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.075 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 After Botox injection of the pylorus during esophagectomy, patients were evaluated for symptoms (clinical evaluation) and for radiographic appearance of delayed gastric emptying (routine barium swallow, nuclear gastric emptying scan). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1708-1714DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.075) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions