title: Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus with a free inferior rectus abdominis flap.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saikawa
mesh_terms: 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