J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 80(12): 1346-1348, 1979

Report on the annual meeting

NON-OPERATIVE ESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CONGENITAL ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA

1st Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine
*) Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
†) 2nd Department of Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine

Tetsuo Kato, Tatsuzo Hebiguchi, Keiji Usui*), Eisuke Ohashi†), Morio Kasai†)

The so-called Rehbein's silver olive method was proposed in 1971 for reconstruction of esophagus as an alternative procedure of bowel subtitution in congenital esophageal atresia with a wide gap. We developed a new instrument in order to perform Rehbein's method without thoracotomy. Experimental esophageal atresia was produced in four dogs. Eight weeks postoperatively a nylon thread was passed between esophageal pouches with the instrument inserted through an oropharynx and a gastrostomy, thus avoiding thoracotomy. Thereafter the animals were successfully treated according to Rehbein's silver olive method. Further, the instrument was successfully applied to 3 of 4 infants with congenital esophageal atresia and 2 infants with esophageal stricture.
The reconstructed esophagus was functionally satisfactory in all of them. In cases with a short gap between esophageal pouches, reconstruction of the esophagus will be easily achieved by this instrument without thoracotomy.

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