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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 1523-1525, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Salvage of colon interposition by antethoracic free jejunal transfer

GW Carlson, TM Anderson, JR Galloway and KA Mansour
Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Intrathoracic disruption of an esophagocolonic anastomosis after colon interposition can be a fatal complication. A case is presented in which an antethoracic free jejunal transfer achieved successful salvage. The patient returned to oral alimentation with no functional impairment.

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