Forty-seven patients underwent pharyngoesophageal reconstruction using a free jejunal interposition graft (FJIG) at Duke University Medical Center from 1978 through 1987. There were 30 men and 17 women with ages ranging from 38 to 87 years old (mean age, 64 years). Twenty-one patients (group A) had
Free Jejunal Graft for Reconstruction of Defects in the Hypopharynx and Cervical Esophagus Following the Cancer Resections
β Scribed by Dean Zhao; Xingqiang Gao; Limei Guan; Wenling Su; Jing Gao; Cunshan Liu; Xianyang Luo; Xiaoyan Li
- Book ID
- 107410650
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
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