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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:921-923
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Salvage of right colon interposition by microsurgical venous anastomosis

H.D.L. Patel, MD, PhDa, Yi-Chieh Chen, MDa, Hung-Chi Chen, MD, FACS*a

a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kuei Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Accepted for publication April 1, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Chen, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fu-Hsing St, Kuei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
e-mail: pschenyc{at}yahoo.com.tw

Venous insufficiency of a right colon interposition in esophageal reconstruction can be a fatal complication resulting in total failure. A case is presented of the salvage of the right colon interposition by additional microsurgical venous anastomosis to relieve the problem of venous stasis. The outcome was successful in a young patient with a complicated medical history.






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