• Reconstruction of the pharynx and cervical esophagus is a surgical challenge associated with high complications, multiple-staged procedures, and prolonged hospitalizations. In a series of cases, single-stage transfer-free jejunal graft reconstructions had a 85% success rate with low complications in a series of patients who received preoperative, postoperative, and curative radiation treatment. There are advantages to this reconstruction procedure; however, there can also be complications.
(Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:476-481)
The reviewers of this article have suggested that this procedure is more appropriately within the capability of only the most well-trained and proficient surgeons.—Ed.