[Plastic surgery of the cervical segment of the esophagus using free autologous transplant of a fragment of the small intestine].

The article presents an experience with the treatment of patients with malignancy of the larynx, laryngopharynx and cervical part of the esophagus with a free autotransplant of the small intestine using a microsurgical technique for reestablishment of the arterial and venous blood circulation in the transplant. On the basis of the postmortem material the advantage of using the initial part of the jejunum were revealed. Experimental studies for the development of the microsurgery technique allowed the authors to propose some methodical means specially for the above operations. Eight operations were performed in the clinic with good functional results.