Reconstruction of the esophagus with left transverse colon

Esophagus - intrathoracic coloplasty, in a case of esophageal atresia with widely separated esophageal strands

Authors

  • Diver Lattaro
  • Manlio Chizzola
  • Martín Marx
  • Orester Sbárbaro
  • Gastón Leautier

Keywords:

esophaheal atresia, surgery

Abstract

In a case of atresia of esophagus, with widely separated ends, the patient was cured after a series of successive operations consisting in esophagocoloplastia with left transverse colon (retro - gastric, left trans - diaphragmatic - parahiatal and transpleural, behind the hilus of lung) and inferior anastomosis of transplant to the gastric cupufa and not to the inferior esophageal stump which is small and becomes atrophic after 18 months, while the colon has a large caliber; it is also preferable that the suture be sub - diaphragmatic and not mediastinal in case it fails. Upper anastomosis was left extra - thoracic cervical.

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Published

1979-03-18

How to Cite

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Lattaro D, Chizzola M, Marx M, Sbárbaro O, Leautier G. Reconstruction of the esophagus with left transverse colon: Esophagus - intrathoracic coloplasty, in a case of esophageal atresia with widely separated esophageal strands. Cir. Urug. [Internet]. 1979 Mar. 18 [cited 2024 May 20];49(2):147-53. Available from: https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/3120

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 2 (1979): Cirugía del Uruguay

Section

Original Article

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