[Reversed gastric tube oesophagoplasty in children (author's transl)].

Over the last two years the authors performed 6 oesophagoplasties with reversed gastric tube, no splenectomy, retrosternal placement of the gastric tube and cervical termino-terminal anstomosis within a single operating interval. Only one death occurred, independent of the oesophagoplasy technique, as well as two minor complications favourably solved spontaneuosly (cervical anastomosis fistule). The operation was perfectly gone through, post-operation consequences were surprisingly simple and the distant result, in all five cases of survival,--clinically excellent, both oesophagoscopically and radiologically; the children went back to an absolutely normal feeding programme. Though short, this series joins the other papers published of late and indicates oesophagoplasty with reversed gastric tube as a valuable method in reconstruction children's oesophagi.