The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 423-425, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Combined gastric pull-up and microvascular jejunal transfer procedure after pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy
H Asamura, H Kato, H Watanabe, Y Tachimori, S Ebihara and K Harii
Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
A case of simultaneous carcinomas of the lower thoracic esophagus and the
oropharynx in a 62-year-old man is reported. Reconstruction was
successfully performed using a one-stage operation consisting of
pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy followed by a combination of gastric pull- up
and microvascular jejunal transfer procedures. The postoperative course was
uneventful except for regurgitation of food, which persisted for 1 month.