title: [History of surgical esophageal replacement].
abstract: At the beginning of the twentieth century, surgeons often attempted operative esophagus replacement. At first, these operations had a palliative intent to help the patients eat. Setbacks because of lack of experience in thorax surgery, infection problems and technical difficulties led to different approaches to a solution. The first successes occurred when a stomach tube was formed with a abdominocollar high course and collar anastomosis. The history of surgical replacement of the esophagus is given in detail to the present day and the development is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie, Medizinische Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. lauschke@chir.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lauschke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tolba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirner
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000266:history*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans