The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 384-386, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Cervical esophago-esophageal anastomosis
CD Fraser and RF Heitmiller
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
We describe our results with cervical esophagoesophageal anastomosis. This
approach has been used with success in 4 patients. It has the advantage of
avoiding esophagectomy in patients with benign disease and allows
restoration of esophageal continuity in patients having limited options for
esophageal replacement.