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Operative technique of antethoracic esophageal reconstruction with pedicled jejunal flap

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Background

Esophageal reconstruction using intestine is often performed for esophageal cancer patients in cases where the stomach cannot be used. We have previously performed reconstruction using ileocolon with supercharge and drainage as our first choice in those cases. However, a less invasive, simpler, and safer reconstructive technique using jejunum without vascular anastomosis has recently become popular at our facility. This study describes the technique of esophageal reconstruction with jejunum, compares the surgical outcomes to those of standard reconstruction using ileocolon, and discusses the clinical significance of this new concept.

Patients and methods

Subjects comprised 53 patients (52 males, 1 female) who underwent esophageal reconstruction using jejunum between January 2008 and July 2013. Patient characteristics, technical details, and outcomes were compared with those of 51 subjects who had undergone esophageal reconstruction using ileocolon. When making the pedicled jejunal flap, the first jejunal vascular arcade was preserved, which in most cases allowed it to be pulled up to the cervical region by processing and transection up to the second jejunal vascular branch.

Results

The vascular anastomosis techniques were used in 80.4 % (41/51) of esophageal reconstructions using colon, compared with only 24.5 % (13/53) of reconstructions using jejunum. No difference in the frequency of postoperative adverse effects was seen between groups, but the frequency of diarrhea was significantly lower with reconstruction using jejunum.

Conclusion

Esophageal reconstruction using jejunum with the blood vessel processing technique results in both simpler and safer pulling up. Thus the need to perform supercharge and superdrainage is reduced.

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Ethical Statement

Our present study is performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008 concerning Human and Animal Rights, and we followed the policy concerning informed consent as shown on http://Springer.com. Informed consent was obtained from all the study participants.

Present study is a retrospective study, but it should be performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all subsequent revisions.

We protect the confidentiality of the privacy of the patients on the presentation of research results. And we do not use any information obtained from present studies for other purpose.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Kazuhiro Noma, Takeshi Koujima, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Toshiaki Ohara, Kazufumi Sakurama & Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

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Shirakawa, Y., Noma, K., Koujima, T. et al. Operative technique of antethoracic esophageal reconstruction with pedicled jejunal flap. Esophagus 12, 57–64 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10388-014-0455-3

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