1. Salvage of Total Esophageal Reconstruction with Microvascular Free Left Colon Flap
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Chris D. Tzarnas, William H Ayers, William S Wittenborn, and Joseph D Whitlark
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Boerhaave syndrome ,Colon ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Salvage therapy ,Free flap ,Esophageal Diseases ,Esophagus ,medicine ,Humans ,Salvage Therapy ,Rupture, Spontaneous ,business.industry ,Esophageal disease ,Middle Aged ,Plastic Surgery Procedures ,Microsurgery ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Surgery ,Plastic surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Abdomen ,business - Abstract
Esophageal reconstruction has been achieved with a variety of innovative surgical techniques, including colonic interposition, gastric pull-up, pedicled, and free jejunal grafts. The authors describe an unusual case of complete thoracic esophageal reconstruction, necessitating an entirely free microvascular colon interposition as a salvage procedure to reconstitute the alimentary tract from the neck to the abdomen. To their knowledge, this specific method of reconstruction of the esophagus has not been previously reported.
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- 2002
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