Abstract
Free jejunal auto graft has recently come to be recommended as an ideal procedure for immediate reconstruction of cervical esophagus. Ten patients underwent reconstruction of cervical esophagus with free jejunal transfer from April 1994 to December 1996 at National Shikoku Cancer Center Hospital. We examined operative methods, post operative complication and post operative swallowing function in these patients. We preferably performed the stick type anastomoses and the p type anastomoses, however, there was no difference in swallowing function between the stick type anastomoses and the ρ type anastomoses.
With regard to regurgitation after surgery but one of five cases that was performed the ρ type anastomoses, was recognized a remarkable regurgitation.
It is considered that this passage failure was caused by hammock like dropping of jejunum at the point of anastomoses.
