title: Recent advances in laryngo, pharyngo, esophageal reconstruction.
abstract: Laryngopharyngeal reconstruction has remained a challenging field since the performance of the first laryngectomy near the turn of the century. Cutaneous, myocutaneous and colonic reconstruction is still occasionally used but is fraught with a high stenosis and fistula rate. Gastric pull-up has remained the procedure of choice for single staged pedicled reconstruction. Free tissue transfer has brought a new era to this field by adding another single staged reconstruction. This publication reviews our experience with free jejunal transfer and reviews recent developments in laryngopharyngeal reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Shumrick
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Savoury
mesh_terms: D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D010611:Pharyngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*