[Esophagoplasty in patients with the "waning" stomach or without the stomach].

An experience with 48 intrathoracic esophagoplasties in patients with "waning" stomach or its absence is generalized. The results obtained show that scarry-ulcerous damages of the pyloroduodenal and cardioesophageal portions, local surgical procedures, gastrostomy included, are not considered as deterrent factors for using the stomach as the plasty material for esophagoplasty. For the resected stomach or its absence the small intestine should be preferred in the formation of the anastomosis within the limits of the thoracic cavity and large intestine--when putting anastomosis on the neck. A complete clinical effect was obtained in 45 patients. Three patients died (6.25%).