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WILLIAM W. MONTGOMERY, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;77(6):609-620.

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Twenty per cent of all carcinomas of the esophagus occur in the cervical region.²² Reported statistics for cure following resection of carcinoma of the cervical esophagus have been consistently poor. The reason for these unfavorable results is probably that the disease is often undiagnosed until it is well advanced; therefore, resections are not sufficient to encompass the disease.

Many operative procedures have been devised for the replacement of the cervical esophagus. To date, the reported results are still not satisfactory. Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus by utilizing cervical skin flaps is a well-established procedure. Although this is a two-stage operation, it is the only reported method that has weathered the many trials and tribulations of cervical esophageal replacement. Three variations of this technique will be described in this paper for the following situations: (1) laryngoesophagectomy with or without radical neck dissection; (2) recurrent carcinoma in the cervical esophagus after . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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Associate Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School.

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Submitted for publication Dec 26, 1962.

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