Colonic Interposition for Esophageal Substitution (1 of 11)

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Case description

Esophageal stenosis caused by caustic soda This 18 year-old male, at the edged of 3 suffered of esophageal burn caused by accidental swallowing of caustic soda having a caustic injury. At the edged of 4 underwent of colonic interposition for esophageal substitution, (substitution of esophagus with vascularized colon) 1 month after the surgery a severe stenosis of the cervical junction appears, since that time the patient remain with a Foley's catheter used as Percutaneous gastrostomy. at the edged of 18 a new surgery to overcome the stenosis was performed, but the stenosis re-appears one month after.

tags: esophagus STENOSIS interposition colon endoscopy

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