Preemptive pyloroplasty for iatrogenic vagus nerve injury in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients undergoing extensive left-sided lymph node dissection: a retrospective observational study

Background Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) of the left liver often shows left-sided lymph node (LN) metastasis. If gastric lesser curvature is extensively dissected, it can induce an iatrogenic injury to the extragastric vagus nerve branches that control motility of the pyloric sphincter and l...

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Published in:	Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
Main Authors:	Shin Hwang, Dong-Hwan Jung, Eun-Kyoung Jwa, Yumi Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Yeungnam University Institute Medical Science 2022-07-01
Subjects:	gastric emptying gastroparesis pylorus vagus nerve
Online Access:	http://www.e-jyms.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2021-01550.pdf