Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus with a free inferior rectus abdominis flap.
An inferior rectus abdominis flap was transferred in an 83-year-old female patient with a cervical esophageal carcinoma. This flap can be a good option for pharyngoesophageal reconstruction when it is desirable to avoid laparotomy and to shorten the operating time in an elderly or high-risk patient.
Nakatsuka
T
T
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Harii
K
K
Asato
H
H
Ebihara
S
S
Saikawa
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome