A new technique for esophagoplasty in relatively long esophageal strictures.
A 3-year-old girl with severe dysphagia secondary to caustic stricture of the cervical esophagus (about 4 cm in length) underwent esophagoplasty by a new technique following failed attempts at esophagoscopy and dilatation. This procedure results in a neoesophagus in the region with a lumen approximately twice its previous diameter, which will further increase in size gradually after a number of dilatations. The postoperative course was uneventful. She had almost no dysphagia following four successive dilatations 1, 2, 3 and 5 months after surgery. Barium swallow revealed an acceptable lumen. She was asymptomatic 2 years after surgery.
Banani
S Abbas
SA
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 71345-1511 Shiraz, Iran. bananisa@sums.ac.ir
Ben-Razavi
S Soheil
SS
D002057:Burns, Chemical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome