esophagoplasty

Indications

• esophageal trauma
• esophageal neoplasm
• esophageal stricture
• tracheoesophageal fistula

Procedure

• surgical revision of the wall of the esophagus
• patch esophagoplasty uses autologous tissue to reconstruct a full-thickness, partially circumferential defect in the esophagus

More general terms

• gastrointestinal surgery (GI surgery)

Additional terms

• esophagus