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Salvage of colon interposition by antethoracic free jejunal transfer
G W Carlson1, T M Anderson, J R Galloway
1Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Intrathoracic disruption of an esophagocolonic anastomosis after colon interposition can be a fatal complication. A case is presented in which an antethoracic free jejunal transfer achieved successful salvage. The patient returned to oral alimentation with no functional impairment.