title: [Reconstruction of hypopharynx and cervical esophagus using a free jejunal graft].
abstract: Forty-four patients with cancer in the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus underwent pharyngoesophageal reconstruction with a free jejunal graft after total removal of a tumor combined with resection of the circumferential tissues. The graft survival rate was 93.2% (41 of 44). Postoperative complications occurred in 16 patients (36.4%), which included postoperative death in one (2.3%), graft necrosis in 3 (6.8%), fistula formation in 4 (9.1%) and graft stricture in 3 (6.8%). All 3 cases of graft necrosis underwent successfully reimplantation. The mean interval time was 20.9 days until oral intake was possible. Thirty-two of 42 patients (76.2%) were able to take usual food. Esophageal speech was limited in the selected cases by this procedure. A cumulative survival rate of 5 years was 40.6% in this series. This method of reconstruction should be advocated as one of relatively safe and reliable procedures for patients with hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Saitama Cancer Center.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takooda
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hentona
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muraoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged