Abstract
In 1894, Bircher was the first to use a multistage antethoracic skin tube to replace the esophagus. The first babies to survive with esophageal atresia underwent similar multistage procedures following gastrostomy and cervical esophagostomy (Leven 1936; Ladd 1944). Jejunum was used via the antethoracic subcutaneous route by Roux (1907) and by Swenson (1947) for esophageal atresia. In one case of esophageal atresia the stomach was used via an anterior subcutaneous route, and later placed intrathoracically by cleavage of the underlying tissues (Potts 1950). A gastric tube was advocated by Jianu (1912) and used in esophageal atresia by Boerema (1951). The colon was used by Kelling (1911) and then by Lundblad for a 3-year-old with a caustic stricture (1921). Colon interposition via an intrathoracic route was first attempted by Sandblom in 1948 (Sandblom 1948), and Waterston (1972) was the first to use a graft of transverse colon based on the left colic artery, via the diaphragm and the left chest, through the apex of the pleura to join the cervical esophagotomy. The retrosternal route with the right colon was used by Javid (1954).
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Freeman, N.V. (1986). Colonic Interposition. In: Wurnig, P. (eds) Long-gap Esophageal Atresia. Progress in Pediatric Surgery, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70777-3_7
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