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Use of colon as an oesophageal replacement

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The use of long segments of colon for replacement or bypass of all or part of the thoracic oesophagus was introduced independently by Kelling1 and Vulliet2 in 1911. Subsequently, the interposed colon has emerged as a durable, well functioning substitute for the oesophagus. Initially it was used in patients with malignancy of the upper oesophagus. Subsequently, with refinements in technique and improved results it, rather than the stomach, has been used for an oesophageal substitute in advanced benign disease or early malignancy arising in the distal oesophagus, cardia and proximal stomach, particulary when it is expected that the replacement must function for a decade or more.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Jeffrey A. Hagen MD (Esophageal Fellow)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Scott Johnson MD (Esophageal Fellow)

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Tom R. Demeester MD (Professor and Chairman)

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  1. Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, 5000, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Glyn G. Jamieson FRACS, FACS (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery) (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery)

  2. University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-320, 94143-0104, San Francisco, California, USA

    Haile T. Debas MD (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine) (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine)

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Hagen, J.A., Johnson, S., Demeester, T.R. (1994). Use of colon as an oesophageal replacement. In: Jamieson, G.G., Debas, H.T. (eds) Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6621-6_16

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