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Colon (Including Ileum) Interposition

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It is a fact that the native esophagus is the best; there is no better substitute for the native esophagus; no ideal graft. In pediatric surgery efforts are not saved to preserve the native esophagus, but reconstruction is considered in cases of failure. Cases that irreversibly lost their ability to normal oral feeding due to certain esophageal disorders either congenital or acquired are indicated for esophageal replacement. Arguments are still present about the organ used (whole stomach, gastric tube, small bowel, or colon), the route passed from the abdomen to the neck (subcutaneous, retrosternal, transthoracic, or posterior mediastinal), the surgical technique, and the urge to remove the native diseased esophagus. The colon is the most commonly used organ, and experienced centers consider the colon as a good substitute in caustic strictures.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohammed Abdel-Lalif Ayad, Khaled Mohamed El-Asmer & Alaa Fayez Hamza

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  1. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Holger Till

  2. Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Gastroenterology Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Mike Thomson

  3. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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  4. Department Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    George W. Holcomb III

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Ayad, M.AL., El-Asmer, K.M., Hamza, A.F. (2017). Colon (Including Ileum) Interposition. In: Till, H., Thomson, M., Foker, J., Holcomb III, G., Khan, K. (eds) Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11202-7_30

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