Abstract

DANTA FUNDORA, Luis Manuel; FRIAS ESPINOSA, Jorge Eduardo; GARCIA GUTIERREZ, Alejandro  and  CRUZ GOMEZ, Abigail. Results of esophagoplasty in 37 cases receiving attention at Calixto García Hospital (1989-2002). Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2005, vol.44, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

A descriptive study of the results of esophagocoloplasty was conducted in 37 patients that received attention at the Service of General Surgery of “General Calixto García” Teaching Hospital (1989 - 2002) aimed at knowing the postoperative impact on the short and long term. The commonest complication was the dehiscence of the cervical anastomosis (22.2%), followed by stenosis at this level (37.4 %). Mortality affected 16.2 % of the casuistics, whereas 54.8 % of the survivors presented good functional results

Keywords : Esophagocoloplasty; anastomosis; stenosis; dehiscence.

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