1. Gefäßanschluss an die A. carotis communis
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Hans-Guenther Machens, L. Kovacs, Jörn A. Lohmeyer, Daniel Müller, J.R. Siewert, and Alexander Zimmermann
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Ischemia ,Free flap ,Anastomosis ,Esophageal cancer ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Radiation therapy ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Esophagectomy ,Medicine ,Radiology ,Esophagus ,business ,Artery - Abstract
BackgroundIn the treatment of esophageal cancer neoadjuvant radiotherapy often leads to vascular damage of the usual recipient arteries for free jejunal transfer. End-to-side anastomosis to the carotid artery could be a potential alternative.Patients and methodsA total of 70 patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the esophagus underwent esophagectomy after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy. In all patients reconstruction was carried out with a free jejunal transfer. Smaller vessels could be used for anastomoses in 54 of these patients and in 16 cases the jejunal flap artery was attached to the carotid artery.ResultsOut of 54 patients 9 (17%) with microvascular anastomoses to the smaller vessels needed surgical intervention for ischemia. In 16 patients with anastomosis to the carotid artery no significant failure of perfusion occurred.ConclusionThe carotid artery as recipient vessel in free jejunal transfer seems to be a safe therapeutic option for intestinal reconstruction of preradiated esophageal cancer with good functional results.
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- 2011
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