T-shaped re-anastomosis of graft for outlet obstruction after free jejunal graft

Authors: Tabira Y.; Sakaguchi T.; Teshima K.; Kuhara H.; Kawasuji M.

Source: Diseases of the Esophagus, Volume 17, Number 2, June 2004 , pp. 172-175(4)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

SUMMARY.

We experienced three patients with persistent outlet obstruction after free jejunal graft and performed T-shaped re-anastomosis for relief of this symptom. Two patients underwent a laryngopharyngectomy for hypopharyngeal cancer and the other patient underwent a laryngopharyngectomy and total esophagectomy for concurrent hypopharyngeal cancer and esophageal cancer. We reconstructed alimentary conduit by a free jejunal reconstruction without using surgical microscopes. In brief, a graft vein and the internal jugular vein were anastomosed and a graft artery and the carotid artery were anastomosed. Then, the anastomosis of pharyngojejunostomy was carried out in a side-to- end fashion, followed by an end-to- end jejunesophagostomy. In a T-shaped re-anastomosis, the flexure of the transplanted jejunum was separated by GIA (US Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT, USA). In cases where the efferent part was redundant, the proximal or distal site was resected and straightened in order to avoid outlet stasis. After this, the end-to-side anastomosis between the efferent part and the bottom of proximal horizontal portion of the graft was performed by CDH (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ, USA) or Olsen's one layer method. These three patients received this operation and were relieved from persistent dysphagia. This method is a safe and easy procedure for relief from dysphagia and for recovery of quality of life for patients with this complication. However, it is of utmost importance to perform a reconstruction followed by profluent passage at the first operation.

Keywords: esophageal cancer; free jejunal graft; head and neck cancer; outlet obstruction; re-anastomosis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00397.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Publication date: 2004-06-01

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