Surgical options in retrosternal oesophageal reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retrosternal oesophageal reconstructions with collar anastomoses can become necessary when the stomach is either unavailable for oesophageal replacement, or orthotopic reconstruction is deemed impractical. Our aim was to analyse our results regarding technical approaches and outcomes.

Materials and methods

All patients undergoing primary and secondary oesophageal retrosternal reconstructions with collar anastomoses at our centre (2019-2023) were retrospectively analysed and individual surgical reconstruction options were presented.

Results

Overall, twelve patients received primary (n = 5; 42.7%) or secondary (n = 7; 58.3%) reconstructions; ten with colonic interposition and two with gastric pull-up. Male/female ratio was 4:8; median age 66 years (30-87). Ch

SUBMITTER: Kollmann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11297802 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature