Late dysphagia after presternal colon interposition

✍ Scribed by John D. Urschel

• Book ID: 104749609
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 666 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0179-051X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00385803

✦ Synopsis

Esophageal replacement by colon interposition is done for a variety of esophageal diseases. Dysphagia occasionally develops many years after successful colon interposition. Redundancy of the colon graft is usually responsible. We report a patient with onset of dysphagia 24 years after presternal colon interposition for long segment esophageal atresia. Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of late colon interposition dysfunction are discussed.