Double vascular anastomosis for safer free jejunal transfer in unfavorable conditions

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 531-536

  Numajiri, Toshiaki ^a   Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Nishino, Kenichi ^a   Sowa, Yoshihiro ^a   Uenaka, Maki ^a   Masuda, Shidu ^a   Fujiwara, Hitoshi ^a   Nakai, Shigeru ^a   Hisa, Yasuo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalic vein; Head and neck reconstruction; Microsurgery; Radiation; Thoracoacromial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FREE JEJUNAL TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; PHARYNGOLARYNGOSESOPHAGECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 55449125586     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088237     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Reece GP, Bengtson BP, Schusterman MA. Reconstruction of the pharynx and cervical esophagus using free jejunal transfer. Clin Plast Surg 1994;21:125-136
2. Sarukawa S, Sakuraba M, Kimata Y, et al. Standardization of free jejunum transfer after total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy. Laryngoscope 2006;116:976-981
3. Booi DI, Debats IBJG, Boeckx WD, van der Hulst RRWJ. Risk factors and blood flow in the free transverse rectus abdominis (TRAM) flap: smoking and high flap weight impair the free TRAM flap microcirculation. Ann Plast Surg 2007;59:364-371
4. Temple CL, Strom EA, Youssef A, Langstein HN. Choice of recipient vessels in delayed TRAM flap breast reconstruction after radiotherapy. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;115:105-113
5. Sarukawa S, Asato H, Okazaki M, Nakatsuka T, Takushima A, Harii K. Clinical evaluation and morbidity of 201 free jejunal transfers for oesophagopharyngeal reconstruction during the 20 years 1984-2003. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2006;40:148-152
6. Mulholland S, Boyd JB, McCabe S, et al. Recipient vessels in head and neck microsurgery: radiation effect and vessel access. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;92:628-632
7. Nahabedian MY, Singh N, Deune EG, Silverman R, Tufaro AP. Recipient vessel analysis for microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck. Ann Plast Surg 2004;52:148-155; discussion 156-7
8. Nasso G, Canosa C, De Filippo CM, et al. Thoracic radiation therapy and suitability of internal thoracic arteries for myocardial revascularization. Chest 2005;128:1587-1592
9. Schulman HE, Korr KS, Myers TJ. Left internal thoracic artery graft occlusion following mediastinal radiation therapy. Chest 1994;105:1881-1882
10. Chang LD, Buncke G, Slezak S, Buncke HJ. Cigarette smoking, plastic surgery, and microsurgery. J Reconstr Microsurg 1996;12:467-474
11. Okazaki M, Asato H, Sarukawa S, Takushima A, Nakatsuka T, Harii K. Availability of end-to-side arterial anastomosis to the external carotid artery using short-thread double-needle microsuture in free-flap transfer for head and neck reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg 2006;56:171-175
12. Jose B, Banis J, Flynn M, et al. Irradiation and free tissue transfer in head and neck cancer. Head Neck 1991;13:213-216
13. Urken ML, Weinberg H, Buchbinder D, et al. Microvascular free flaps in head and neck reconstruction: report of 200 cases and review of complications. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994;120:633-640
14. Nakatsuka T, Harii K, Asato H, et al. Analytic review of 2372 free flap transfers for head and neck reconstruction following cancer resection. J Reconstr Microsurg 2003;19:363-368; discussion 369
15. Numajiri T, Fujiwara T, Nishino K, et al. Clinical evaluation of free jejunal transfer for esophagopharyngeal reconstruction. [in Japanese] J Kyoto Pref Univ Med 2007;116:559-565
16. Salgado CJ, Smith A, Kim S, et al. Effects of late loss of arterial inflow on free flap survival. J Reconstr Microsurg 2002;18:579-584
17. McDonough JJ, Gluckman JL. Microvascular reconstruction of the pharyngoesophagus with free jejunal graft. Microsurgery 1988;9:116-127
18. Sidorov VB, Minachenko VK, Rekhter MD, Pshenisnov KP, Mironov AA, Bauman OA. The influence of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on regeneration at arterial microanastomoses: an experimental and clinical study. Ann Plast Surg 1994;32:45-51
19. Bengtson BP, Schusterman MA, Baldwin BJ, et al. Influence of prior radiotherapy on the development of postoperative complications and success of free tissue transfers in head and neck cancer reconstruction. Am J Surg 1993;166:326-330
20. Seidenberg B, Rosenak SS, Hurwitt ES, Som ML. Immediate reconstruction of the cervical esophagus by a revascularized isolated jejunal segment. Ann Surg 1959;149:162-171
21. McKee DM, Peters CR. Reconstruction of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus with microvascular jejunal transplant. Clin Plast Surg 1978;5:305-312
22. Hester TR, McConnel FM, Nahal F, Jurkiewicz MJ, Brown RG. Reconstruction of cervical esophagus, hypopharynx and oral cavity using free jejunal transfer. Am J Surg 1980;140:487-491
23. Chang TS, Hwang OL, Wang-Wei. Reconstruction of esophageal defects with microsurgically revascularized jejunal segments: a report of 13 cases. J Microsurg 1980;2:83-94
24. Inoue Y, Tai Y, Fujita H, et al. A retrospective study of 66 esophageal reconstructions using microvascular anastomoses: problems and our methods for atypical cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 1994;94:277-284; discussion 285-7
25. Tan E, O'Brien BM, Brennen M. Free flap transfer in rabbits using irradiated recipient vessels. Br J Plast Surg 1978;31:121-123
26. Cunningham BL, Shons AR. Free flap transfers in rats using an irradiated recipient site. Br J Plast Surg 1979;32:137-140
27. Renner SM, Massel D, Moon BC. Mediastinal irradiation: a risk factor for atherosclerosis of the internal thoracic arteries. Can J Cardiol 1999;15:597-600
28. Reece GP, Schusterman MA, Miller MJ, et al. Morbidity and functional outcome of free jejunal transfer reconstruction for circumferential defects of the pharynx and cervical esophagus. Plast Reconstr Surg 1995;96:1307-1316
29. Germain MA, Hartl DM, Boutin P, Marandas P, Luboinski B. Total esophagoplasty using a doubly vascularized free jejunal transplant: a last resort in two patients. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:801-804
30. Takushima A, Momosawa A, Asato H, Aiba E, Harii K. Double vascular pedicled free jejunum transfer for total esophageal reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg 2005;21:5-10
31. Ueda K, Kajikawa A, Suzuki Y, Hirose T. The standard technique of the free jejunal transfer for the reconstruction of the cervical esophagus. [in Japanese] Jpn J Plast Surg 2004;47:1187-1194
32. Harii K. Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus with a vascularized free intestinal transport. [in Japanese] Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg 1991;24:2303-2307
33. Sekido M, Yamamoto Y, Minakawa H, et al. Use of the " supercharge" technique in esophageal and pharyngeal reconstruction to augment microvascular blood flow. Surgery 2003;134:420-424
34. Kompatscher P, Manestar M, Schuster A, Lang A, Beer GM. The thoracoacromial vessels as recipient vessels in microsurgery and supermicrosurgery: an anatomical and sonographic study. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;115:77-83
35. Hefel L, Schwabegger A, Ninkovic M, et al. Internal mammary vessels: anatomical and clinical considerations. Br J Plast Surg 1995;48:527-532
36. Ninkovic M, Anderl H, Hefel L, Schwabegger A, Wechselberger G. Internal mammary vessels: a reliable recipient system for free flaps in breast reconstruction. Br J Plast Surg 1995;48:533-539
37. Mathes SJ, Nahai F. Classification of the vascular anatomy of muscles: experimental and clinical correlation. Plast Reconstr Surg 1981;67:177-187
38. Reid CD, Taylor GI. The vascular territory of the acromiothoracic axis. Br J Plast Surg 1984;37:194-212
39. Harashina T, Kakegawa T, Imai T, Suguro Y. Secondary reconstruction of oesophagus with free revascularised ileal transfer. Br J Plast Surg 1981;34:17-22
40. Takamatsu A, Harashina T, Inoue T. Selection of appropriate recipient vessels in difficult, microsurgical head and neck reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg 1996;12:499-507
41. Fujita H, Inoue Y, Kakegawa T, et al. Esophageal reconstruction using microvascular anastomosis to the thoracoacromial artery and cephalic vein. Jpn J Surg 1991;21:512-516
42. McCready RA, Hyde GL, Bivins BA, Mattingly SS, Griffen WO Jr. Radiation-induced arterial injuries. Surgery 1983;93:306-312
43. Matsumine H, Sakurai H, Honda T, Nozaki M. A retrospective study of postoperative complications in free flaps for the repair of head and neck tumor defects. [in Japanese] J Jpn PRS 2005;25:739-745
44. Aitasalo K, Relander M, Virolainen E. Microvascular free tissue transfers after preoperative irradiation in head and neck reconstructions. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 1997;529:247-250