[Studies of gastric circulation in the dog. III. Remaining blood flow in the dissected stomach (author's transl)].

After mobilisation of the stomach for high anastomosis between esophagus and stomach, gastric blood flow is maintained by only one gastric artery. Total and regional gastric blood flows are measured in 13 dogs using the microspheres method after ligation of three main gastric arteries. In any part of the stomach blood flow does not decline below 40% of the initial blood flow. Blood flow to mucosa of corpus and fundus is hardly reduced even after this drastic reduction of total gastric blood flow. Blood flow in the muscle layer of the fundus is reduced to about 38% if supplied only by the right gastroepiploic artery. Different operative procedures of replacements of the esophagus are discussed.