The free jejunal graft revisited

✍ Scribed by Gluckman, Jack L. ;McDonough, John ;Donegan, J. Oliver

• Book ID: 102234153
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1983
• Weight: 109 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-6403
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.2890050603

✦ Synopsis

THE FREE JEJUNAL GRAFT REVISITED

We wish to express our appreciation to the Editor for allowing us the privilege of replying to Professor Harrison's comments (Editorial Forum, November/December, 1982, pg. 92) regarding our paper on the Free Jejunal Graft (Head & Neck Surgery 4:360-369,1982).

It appears that Professor Harrison has somewhat misinterpreted both the purpose and the contents of the paper. The purpose of the paper was hardly to compare and contrast all reconstructive modalities available, but rather to present our own experience with one modality which has proved effective in our hands. At no stage is it suggested that this is the only technique that should be utilized, and for that matter it is stressed repeatedly that if the surgeon is concerned about the inferior margins, a total esophagectomy with gastric pull-up may well prove to be more satisfactory.