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Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:296-298
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Late volume changes in retrosternal colon bypass

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York USA

Accepted for publication July 16, 1990.

^_* Address reprint requests to Dr Santos, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461.

Esophageal obstruction by malignancy, chemical burns, or other less common entities presents a challenge for the surgeon. Either for esophageal substitution after esophageal resection or as a bypass for the obstructed esophagus, colon interposition is often the best available option. Massive colonic enlargement requiring resection of the interposed dilated colon developed recently in 2 of our patients who had a colon bypass 22 and 10 years earlier, respectively.

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