The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 91, 790-792, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Lengths of different routes for esophageal replacement
SY Ngan and J Wong
The lengths of the orthotopic, retrosternal, and subcutaneous routes for
esophageal replacement were measured in 20 patients at autopsy. The
subcutaneous route is 1.8 cm longer than the retrosternal route, which is
1.9 cm longer than the orthotopic route. The difference between the
subcutaneous and the orthotopic route is 3.7 cm.