[Complications after oesophageal replacement (author's transl)]

The best procedure for substituting the oesophagus is the interposition of colon. Leakage of the cervical anastomosis is the most frequent complication. In our own material this complication was more frequent after anisoperistaltic interposition. There is no criterion for more severity with a second layer. For replacement of the cervical part of the oesophagus we used revascularized jejunal-autografts twice with success.