Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Anatomy and Physiology of Esophagus

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Anatomy and Embryology of the Esophagus

      • Alicia Menchaca, Oluyinka O. Olutoye

      Pages 3-11

   3. Physiology and Motility of the Normal and Replaced Esophagus

      • Albert Shan, Matthew Minnette, Dhiren Patel

      Pages 13-26

3. Techniques for Preservation of Native Esophagus (LGEA)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Intrathoracic Extracorporeal Lengthening (Foker technique)

      • Go Miyano, Atsuyuki Yamataka

      Pages 29-39

   3. Intrathoracic Intracorporeal Thoracoscopic Elongation – External Traction

      • David C. Van Der Zee, Maud Y. A. Lindeboom, Stefaan S. H. Tytgat

      Pages 41-49

   4. Intrathoracic Intracorporeal Thoracoscopic Elongation – Internal Traction

      • Dariusz Patkowski

      Pages 51-66

   5. Extrathoracic Lengthening (Kimura Technique)

      • Anna-Franziska Lenz, Tatjana Tamara König, Alexander Sterlin, Oliver Muensterer

      Pages 67-77

4. Indications for Esophageal Replacement and Routes for Esophageal Replacement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Long Gap Esophageal Atresia

      • Michael J. Zobel, Nam X. Nguyen

      Pages 81-87

   3. Caustic Esophageal Injuries, GER Strictures and Postoperative Strictures

      • Vivien Pat, Mikael Petrosyan, Timothy D. Kane

      Pages 89-94

   4. Routes for Oesophageal Replacement

      • Monika Bawa

      Pages 95-102

5. Gastric Substitution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Gastric Tube

      • Prema Menon, K. L. N. Rao

      Pages 105-118

   3. Gastric Pull Up: Open Approach

      • Ashwin Pimpalwar

      Pages 119-132

   4. Gastric Pull Combined Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Approach

      • Ashwin Pimpalwar

      Pages 133-139

6. Jejunal and Colonic Substitution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Vascularized Jejunal Tube

      • David C. Van Der Zee, Stefaan S. H. Tytgat, Maud Y. A. Lindeboom

      Pages 143-149

   3. Super Charged Jejunal Tube (Microvascular Anastomosis)

      • Shannon M. Malloy, Laura C. Nuzzi, Benjamin Zendejas, Amir H. Taghinia, Brian I. Labow

      Pages 151-171

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art, evidence-based review of esophageal preservation and replacement and serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in this field. The text reviews in detail the embryology, anatomy and physiology of the esophagus relevant to esophageal replacement. The indications, advantages, disadvantages, complications and long-term outcomes of all techniques available are also discussed. The latest advances in this field including the laparoscopic and thoracoscopic techniques are included with detailed descriptions and figures. Recent advances in tissue engineering techniques for manufacturing a neo esophagus are also discussed in detail. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and includes the most up to date evidence-based data available.


Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children is one of its kind and serves as a very useful resource for surgeons and researchers all over the world. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of esophageal preservation and replacement and all the recent advances in this field.

• Embryology of esophagus
• Anatomy of esophagus
• Extrathoracic lengthening
• Gastric substitution
• Vascularized jejunal flap
• Colonic substitution

• Professor of surgery and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, USA

  Ashwin Pimpalwar

Ashwin Pimpalwar
Department of surgery

Department of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marshfield Children’s hospital
Marshfield, WI
USA

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