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Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus with a free inferior rectus abdominis flap
T Nakatsuka1, K Harii, H Asato
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|November 24, 1999
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.