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Shirakawa, Yasuhiro, Naomoto, Yoshio, Noma, Kazuhiro, Ono, Ryoko, Nobuhisa, Tetsuji, Kobayashi, Masahiko, Fujiwara, Toshiya, Noguchi, Hirofumi, Ohkawa, Takaomi, Yamatsuji, Tomoki, Haisa, Minoru, Matsuoka, Junji, Gunduz, Mehmet, Tanaka, Noriaki |
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Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery; Oct2004, Vol. 389 Issue 5, p387-390, 4p |
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Aims: This study assessed the techniques of the free jejunal graft for the reconstruction of hypopharynx or cervical esophagus and discussed the main aspects related to those procedures. Methods and results: By using free jejunal grafts, we reconstructed 54 hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal cancers. In this study, 23 out of 54 patients had a malignant tumor located in the hypopharynx and 31 in the cervical esophagus (27 primary cases and four secondary cases). Despite the multistep and time-consuming procedure, we did not incur any trans-operative complication. Furthermore, we undertook the larynx preserving cervical esophagectomy and free jejunal graft reconstruction in six patients with cervical esophageal cancer, and those patients acquired a good quality of life. Conclusion: For the reconstruction of hypopharynx or cervical esophagus, the free jejunal graft is a very useful technique and improves the patient's quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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