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An Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Designed to Minimize Anastomotic Complications and Optimize Conduit Function
Published on: April 17, 2020
Total esophageal reconstruction using a tubed parascapular free flap
1Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6410, USA. rrand@u.washington.edu
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 24, 2001
Abstract:
A method for total esophageal reconstruction when intestinal options are no longer available is presented. The technique described utilizes the parascapular microsurgical free flap, which is tubed and interposed between the cervical esophagus and the gastric remnant in the abdomen. The technique involves a well-recognized microsurgical flap and may be added to the armamentarium for total esophageal reconstruction.
