Title: Free partial patch and
partial tube jejunal graft transfers were used to reconstruct
pharyngoesophageal defect: Our experience with three cases
Running Title: Free partial patch and partial tube jejunal
graft transfers reconstruct pharyngoesophageal defect
Key points: Those patients with hypopharyngoesophageal cancer
often sacrificed larynx before reconstruction using jejunum to restore
the continuity of the digestive tract and allow oral alimentation. We
retrospectively collected and analyzed three patients who underwent
hypopharyngoesophageal reconstruction by free partial patch and partial
tube jejunal graft transfer with reservation of laryngeal function
caused by hypopharyngeal cancer invading the cervical esophagus. The
partial patch and partial tube jejunal graft transfer survival rate was
100%(3/3). The larynx was reserved in the three patients. The partial
patch and partial tube jejunal graft transfer is a safe and reliable
choice for reconstruction of large and complex defects after
pharyngectomy and cervical esophagectomy with larynx preserved.