Use of left colon for reconstruction of pharynx and œsophagus after pharyngectomy
✍ Scribed by J. C. Goligher; Ian G. Robin
- Book ID
- 102769600
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1954
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 908 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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## Abstract Construction of a new gullet after circumferential resection of the pharynx and upper portion of the esophagus for cancer is a major challenge to the head and neck surgeon. Techniques for reconstruction use cervical skin, adjacent pedicle flaps, and interposed visceral segments. Each te
THE treatment of cancer of the pharynx and cervical oesophagus remains one of the least satisfactory chapters in the surgery of malignant disease (Goligher and Robin, 1954). Although much effort has been directed towards a solution of the problem, the disease is still virtually incurable and palliat