自1944年Garlock~1用胃代替部分切除的食管治疗食管癌获得成功以来,这一手术一直被广泛应用,但术后胃内容常逆流,引起食管消化性溃疡和吸入性肺炎等并发症。我院近一年中(1964年3月为止),经胸骨后途径以全胃代替食管,克服了上述缺点,且明显地减少了吻口瘘所引起脓胸的严 Since the success of Garlock~1 in the treatment of esophageal cancer with partial replacement of the esophagus with the stomach in 1944, this operation has been widely used, but the stomach contents often regurgitation, causing esophageal peptic ulcer and aspiration pneumonia and other complications. In our hospital in the last year (March 1964), the use of total stomach instead of the esophagus through the poststernal approach has overcome the above shortcomings and significantly reduced the severity of empyema caused by the mouth lice.