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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 97, 19-23, Copyright © 1989 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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A comparison of endoesophageal tubes. Improved results with the Atkinson tube

JM Kratz, CE Reed, FA Crawford, MR Stroud and EF Parker
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.

We reviewed our use of endoesophageal tubes for the palliation of patients with carcinoma of the esophagus from 1973 through 1986. Celestin tubes were implanted by means of laparotomy and traction. Proctor-Livingston tubes were implanted by pulsion with frequent laparotomy for staging. All Atkinson tubes were placed by means of the pulsion method without simultaneous laparotomy in any case. Patients with an Atkinson tube had fewer complications, including aspiration, sepsis, reflux, and pneumonia. Mean hospital stay was shortened to 4 days when the Atkinson tube was used, and hospital death rate was 6% versus 42% when either the Celestin or Proctor-Livingston tube was used. Mean long-term survival (108 days) was significantly lengthened when Atkinson tubes were used. A comparison of all patients receiving tubes revealed a less frequent prevalence of reflux when the distal end of the tube was positioned above the gastroesophageal junction. Laparotomy resulted in significantly more episodes of aspiration, sepsis, reflux, and pneumonia. Laparotomy was also associated with a 41% hospital death rate versus 17% when laparotomy was not performed. Hospital days were shortened to 7 versus 16 days when laparotomy was not performed. The Atkinson tube provided improved palliation and decreased morbidity and mortality in our hands. These benefits were probably the results of ease of insertion without the use of a laparotomy and the ability in most cases to position the distal end of the tube above the gastroesophageal junction.


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