title: Salvage of total esophageal reconstruction with microvascular free left colon flap.
abstract: Esophageal reconstruction has been achieved with a variety of innovative surgical techniques, including colonic interposition, gastric pull-up, pedicled, and free jejunal grafts. The authors describe an unusual case of complete thoracic esophageal reconstruction, necessitating an entirely free microvascular colon interposition as a salvage procedure to reconstitute the alimentary tract from the neck to the abdomen. To their knowledge, this specific method of reconstruction of the esophagus has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, 1501 Lansdowne Avenue, Suite 206, Darby, PA 19023-1333, USA.
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Tzarnas
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wittenborn
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Whitlark
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ayers
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000637:transplantation*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016879:Salvage Therapy