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Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children

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Editors:
  1. Ashwin Pimpalwar

    1. Professor of surgery and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art, evidence- based review of esophageal preservation and replacement

  • Includes detailed descriptions, pictures of the latest advances in this field

  • Written by experts in their fields

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Anatomy and Physiology of Esophagus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Anatomy and Embryology of the Esophagus

      • Alicia Menchaca, Oluyinka O. Olutoye
      Pages 3-11

    3. Physiology and Motility of the Normal and Replaced Esophagus

      • Albert Shan, Matthew Minnette, Dhiren Patel
      Pages 13-26

  3. Techniques for Preservation of Native Esophagus (LGEA)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Intrathoracic Extracorporeal Lengthening (Foker technique)

      • Go Miyano, Atsuyuki Yamataka
      Pages 29-39

    3. Intrathoracic Intracorporeal Thoracoscopic Elongation – External Traction

      • David C. Van Der Zee, Maud Y. A. Lindeboom, Stefaan S. H. Tytgat
      Pages 41-49

    4. Intrathoracic Intracorporeal Thoracoscopic Elongation – Internal Traction

      • Dariusz Patkowski
      Pages 51-66

    5. Extrathoracic Lengthening (Kimura Technique)

      • Anna-Franziska Lenz, Tatjana Tamara König, Alexander Sterlin, Oliver Muensterer
      Pages 67-77

  4. Indications for Esophageal Replacement and Routes for Esophageal Replacement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Long Gap Esophageal Atresia

      • Michael J. Zobel, Nam X. Nguyen
      Pages 81-87

    3. Caustic Esophageal Injuries, GER Strictures and Postoperative Strictures

      • Vivien Pat, Mikael Petrosyan, Timothy D. Kane
      Pages 89-94

    4. Routes for Oesophageal Replacement

      • Monika Bawa
      Pages 95-102

  5. Gastric Substitution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Gastric Tube

      • Prema Menon, K. L. N. Rao
      Pages 105-118

    3. Gastric Pull Up: Open Approach

      • Ashwin Pimpalwar
      Pages 119-132

    4. Gastric Pull Combined Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Approach

      • Ashwin Pimpalwar
      Pages 133-139

  6. Jejunal and Colonic Substitution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Vascularized Jejunal Tube

      • David C. Van Der Zee, Stefaan S. H. Tytgat, Maud Y. A. Lindeboom
      Pages 143-149

    3. Super Charged Jejunal Tube (Microvascular Anastomosis)

      • Shannon M. Malloy, Laura C. Nuzzi, Benjamin Zendejas, Amir H. Taghinia, Brian I. Labow
      Pages 151-171
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art, evidence-based review of esophageal preservation and replacement and serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in this field. The text reviews in detail the embryology, anatomy and physiology of the esophagus relevant to esophageal replacement. The indications, advantages, disadvantages, complications and long-term outcomes of all techniques available are also discussed. The latest advances in this field including the laparoscopic and thoracoscopic techniques are included with detailed descriptions and figures. Recent advances in tissue engineering techniques for manufacturing a neo esophagus are also discussed in detail. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and includes the most up to date evidence-based data available.


Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children is one of its kind and serves as a very useful resource for surgeons and researchers all over the world. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of esophageal preservation and replacement and all the recent advances in this field.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Professor of surgery and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, USA

    Ashwin Pimpalwar

About the editor

Ashwin Pimpalwar
Department of surgery

Department of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marshfield Children’s hospital
Marshfield, WI
USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children

  • Editors: Ashwin Pimpalwar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77098-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77097-6Published: 15 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77100-3Published: 16 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-77098-3Published: 14 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 235

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery

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