Salvage of total esophageal reconstruction with microvascular free left colon flap

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-262

  Tzarnas, Chris D ^a   Wittenborn, William S ^a   Whitlark, Joseph D ^a   Ayers, William H ^a  

^a MERCY CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free microvascular colon interposition; Thoracic esophageal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COLON; ENTEROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

COLON; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0036265268     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-30180     Document Type: Article

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