title: [Surgical treatment of cervical fistula after esophagogastroplasty (EGP)].
abstract: The authors report their experience on cervical anastomosis dehiscence in patients who had total esophagectomy and esophagogastroplasty for esophageal neoplasms. They describe, accurately and step by step, the plastic reconstructive technique (by using a vascularized transposed cutaneous flap), used to treat a symptomatic cervical fistula which occurred in 3 of the 24 patients who had esophagectomy and cervical-esophagogastroplasty. This kind of treatment led to complete healing of the fistulas, without clinical and radiological signs of fistula recurrence in all the patients treated.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi, Sassari.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Anna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carcoforo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bresadola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Navarra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gasbarro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marcello
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pollinzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pozza
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck
vernacular_title: La terapia chirurgica della fistola cervicale dopo esofagogastroplastica (EGP).