ArticleSurgery today2014
Isoperistaltic left colic graft interposition via a retrosternal approach for esophageal reconstruction in patients with a caustic stricture: mortality, morbidity, and functional results.
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- Different types of oesophageal reconstructions in the contemporary era: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Pooled it
- Colonic Interposition After Adult Oesophagectomy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Conduit Choice and Outcome.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2018Pooled it
- Surgical reconstruction of caustic esophageal strictures: a retrospective comparative study of esophagogastroplasty and esophagocoloplasty.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Colonic interposition in esophagectomy: an ACS-NSQIP study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Surgical outcomes and quality of life assessment of esophagectomy for cancer with colon conduit via retrosternal route.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2023Article
- The Novel Conduit: Challenges of Esophagectomy After Bariatric Surgery.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- The role of intraoperative hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in colon interposition after esophagectomy.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- Esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction for benign disease: extreme but important.Annals of translational medicine · 2018Review
- Alternative conduits for esophageal replacement.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2017Article
- Colon interposition graft for corrosive esophageal stricture: midterm functional outcome.World journal of surgery · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTo report our results of treating esophageal caustic stricture with an isoperistaltic left colic graft interposed via a retrosternal route.
methodsWe reviewed 70 patients who underwent substernal left colon interposition, performed retrosternally, for an esophageal caustic stricture, between January, 1999 and December, 2011.
resultsThe median operative time in this series was 3 h. A pharyngoplasty was performed in 10 patients (14.28 %), the thoracic inlet was found to be enlarged in 33 patients (47.1 %), and posterior cologastric anastomosis was performed in 58 patients (82.8 %). Two patients (2.8 %) died. Minor and major postoperative complications developed in 28 patients (40 %), including graft ischemia in 2 (2.8 %) and cervical anastomotic leakage in 14 (20 %). Five patients (7.14 %) developed a cervical anastomotic stricture. The functional results were satisfactory.
conclusionRetrosternal isoperistaltic left colic transplant interposition is an excellent long-term replacement for an esophageal caustic stricture. If performed by experienced surgeons, this procedure is effective for esophageal reconstruction.
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