Question 329 · LEK · Esophageal cancer
When restoring the continuity of the gastrointestinal tract after removal of the esophagus due to cancer, all of the following are used, except:
- A. stomach.
- B. small intestine.
- C. ascending colon.
- D. transverse colon.
- E. duodenum.
Hint
A conduit to the neck must be long and mobile on its own vascular pedicle; ask which segment is fixed in the retroperitoneum.
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