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Esophagectomy, mainly referred to sub-/total esophagus resection, is a major treatment for esophageal malignancies and some benign diseases of esophagus. The anatomically and physiologically unique characteristics of esophagus distinguishes esophagus from most solid organs such as liver and lung which need no reconstruction after partial resection, and from other parts of digestive tract such as large or small bowel which could obtain continuity through simple anastomosis due to their enough length. The importance of esophageal functions and its anatomic non-reproducibility make it difficult to reconstruct after esophagectomy. Due to the limited 25–30 cm of esophagus in length, grafts are needed to aid the completion of reconstruction. To date, the artificial esophagus that could be applied to reconstruction of esophagus is unavailable, and currently the accepted grafts for esophagus substitutions are, in order, stomach, bowel (including large bowel and small bowel) and skin flap transplantation in rare cases.

The corresponding author of section 18.1 is Keneng Chen, Email: chenkeneng@bjmu.edu.cn (✉);

The corresponding author of section 18.2 is Lijie Tan, Email: lijie@zs-hospital.sh.cn (✉);

The corresponding author of section 18.3 is Chun Chen, Email: chenchun0209@163.com (✉)

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Fenglin Road 180, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Lijie Tan

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Union Hospital, No.29, Xinquom road, Fuzhon, Fujian, 350001, China

    Chun Chen & Bin Zheng

  3. First Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China

    Ke-neng Chen & Xiaozheng Kang

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Tan, L., Chen, C., Zheng, B., Chen, Kn., Kang, X. (2017). Technical Notes. In: Wang, J., K. Ferguson, M. (eds) Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung and Esophageal Cancer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0835-5_18

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