Single-admission, staged restoration of GI continuity following right gastroepiploic artery damage.
A case of iatrogenic RGEA injury during laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy is reported. We describe the microvascular repair of the RGEA and right gastro-epiploic vein (RGEV). The subsequent intra-operative decision making with regards to a staged, single-admission successful esophagectomy is discussed. This is the first reported case of a single-admission, staged, esophagectomy where the gastric conduit could be preserved following RGEA/V transection.