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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 660-664, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Reconstruction of the esophagus with the left colon

MH Huang, CY Sung, HK Hsu, BS Huang, WH Hsu and KY Chien
Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Republic of China.

This report reviews our experience with 96 patients with benign or malignant stricture of the esophagus who underwent interposition of the left colon with or without esophageal resection from July 1982 to June 1987. There were 67 male and 29 female patients ranging in age from 8 to 80 years. Thirty-seven patients had fibrotic stricture secondary to corrosive injury of the esophagus, 42 had cancer of the esophagus, and 17 had cancer of the gastric cardia. The incidence of postoperative complications and surgical mortality, respectively, was 16.2% and 2.7% for patients with corrosive stricture of the esophagus, 35.7% and 11.9% for patients with cancer of the esophagus, and 35.2% and 5.8% for patients with cancer of the gastric cardia. Reconstruction resulted in good function in 75.6% of the patients with corrosive stricture of the esophagus, 66.6% of the patients with cancer of the esophagus, and 70.5% of patients with cancer of the gastric cardia. The morbidity and mortality were higher in the group with malignant esophageal strictures because of advanced age, poor general condition of the patient, and extent of the surgical procedure needed. Cervical anastomotic leakage was the most frequently encountered complication (13.5%), and all the poor-function results were caused by this complication. In our experience, reconstruction of the esophagus with left colon is a satisfactory method that can be accomplished with acceptable morbidity and mortality. The left colon is a durable and functional substitute.


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