[Esophagogastric resection in patients with esophagogastric varices].

The authors carried out a revision of the patients in whom esophagogastric resection resection had been practiced as treatment for varices in the extrahepatic portal hypertensive syndrome. They added up to 13 cases out of which, 11 were with exophagogastroanastomosis and 2 with transposition of colon. Out of the 11 patients in whom esophagogastric resection and anastomosis and 2 with transposition of colon. Out of the 11 patients in whom esophagogastric resection and anastomosis of stomach to esophagus was practiced, 8 are well (72%) and 3 died. Out of 2 cases where a segment of colon was interposed, one followed a satisfactory course (50%), but the other one died. All deaths occurred during the immediate postoperative stage. The technique followed, together with its indications, is described and the conclusion is that, although this method is only palliative, it allows to extend the life of the patient and permits the chance to wait for a later stage when a definite operation may be performed.