Open AccessEsophageal reconstruction using free jejunal grafts: Case report
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Kiralj,
Milan Mirković,
Zlata Janjić
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0306287k
Subject(s) - jejunum , medicine , anastomosis , esophagus , ileum , mesentery , gangrene , gastrointestinal tract , surgery , gastroenterology
Portions of gastrointestinal tract may be used as microvascular transfers for reconstruction of hypopharynx and esophagus. Colon, jejunum and portions of stomach have also been successfully used. Intestinal transfer by revascularization was reported by Seidenberg in 1959, long before the development of other free tissue transfers.