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In view is a 55-year-old female patient, who underwent an extended total gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for a T3N1M0 gastric cancer. On the 6th postoperative day she developed fever, pain in the upper abdomen and increase of the drain production.
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Sabrido, J.L.G., Jimenez, W.V. (2014). Case on Esophagojejunostomy Leakage Following Extended Total Gastrectomy. In: Cuesta, M., Bonjer, H. (eds) Case Studies of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01613-9_12
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