The word ‘dysphagia’ appeared wrongly as ‘dysphasia’ in the title and in several other occurrences within the text of the above article.
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Published online: December 06, 2006
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© 2006 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Dysphasia due to solitary jejunal diverticulumafter free jejunal transfer for reconstructionof the cervical oesophagusJournal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic SurgeryVol. 59Issue 8
- PreviewThe free jejunal flap has been widely used in clinical practice for the restoration of the cervical oesophagus, but a variety of complications still pose problems. The purpose of this report is to present a rare complication of the jejunal flap. A diverticulum of the jejunal segment, causing severe dysphagia, occurred 4 years after flap transfer in a 50-year-old man who underwent oesophageal reconstruction due to severe stricture following caustic ingestion. The patient was treated successfully by resection of the diverticulum.
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