Extended surgical resection of the whole esophagus and associated hypopharynx may require composite reconstructions using a combination of pediculated and free tissue units. Twelve patients were assigned to composite reconstructions of the hypopharynx and esophagus for either metachronous carcinoma of the esophagus and head and neck (group I, n = 4), cervical anastomotic recurrence of esophageal carcinoma (group II, n = 3), or secondary reconstruction after the failure of a previous reconstruction of hypopharynx or esophagus (group III, n = 5). Pediculated tissues were the stomach (n = 10), colon (n = 1), or jejunum (n = 1). A free jejunal graft was constantly interposed between the pharynx and the mobilized organ. There were no hospital deaths. Swallowing function was restored in all patients except one who had cervical leakage as a result of partial necrosis of the free jejunal graft. Composite reconstruction permitted, even in groups I and II in which prognosis was extremely poor, prolonged survival and oral feeding, which proved beneficial in terms of the patients' quality of life.
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