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Evaluating the donor site after harvest of free jejunum grafts
Author(s) -
Uchiyama Kiyotaka,
Kimata Yoshihiro,
Ebihara Satoshi,
Nakatsuka Takashi,
Harii Kiyonori
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.10061
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , jejunum , abdominal surgery , ileum
Abstract Background Free jejunal grafts are commonly used for reconstruction after surgery for hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal cancer. However, few reports have addressed postoperative morbidity at the abdominal donor site. Methods Preoperative morbidity and postoperative complications were analyzed in 126 patients in whom free jejunal grafts had been harvested from 1992 through 1996. Results Although 27 patients had previously undergone abdominal surgery, there was no correlation between previous abdominal surgery and abdominal complications after graft harvest ( p > .25). Abdominal complications were not correlated with patient age ( p > .25). Conclusions Our findings suggest that previous abdominal surgery (except on the ileum) and patient age are not contraindications to free jejunal graft harvest. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.