Background Esophageal replacement is a challenge to the therapeutic skills of surgeons
and a technically demanding operation in the pediatric age group. Various conduits and …

Purpose Surgical techniques for esophageal replacement (ER) in children include colon
interposition, gastric tube, gastric transposition, and jejunal interposition. This review …

Objective: Various esophageal replacement grafts have been used in children, although
none can equal the native esophagus. The purpose of this study was to review the …

Background: Esophageal replacement is associated with significant morbidity that may lead
to operative interventions. This study reviews the management and outcome of children who …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Esophagocoloplasty and gastric transposition are 2 major
methods of esophageal substitution in children. The purpose of this study is to review the …

Background: Esophageal replacement is indicated in certain circumstances including long
gap esophageal atresia, severe strictures due to gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) and …

Replacement of a nonexistent or damaged esophagus continues to pose a significant
challenge to pediatric surgeons. Various esophageal replacement grafts and techniques …

Aim No consensus exists about the optimal surgical technique for esophageal replacement.
This study reports the surgical outcomes for the gastric pull-up and the colonic interposition …

Methods. We reviewed esophageal replacements carried out in our department between
January-1992 and December-2004. We report 29 patients (15 girls and 14 boys) with ages …

Objective To evaluate the authors' experience with gastric transposition as a method of
esophageal replacement in children with congenital or acquired abnormalities of the …