[Surgical treatment of recurrent esophageal carcinoma after curative radiotherapy].

34 patients with recurrent esophageal carcinoma received surgery after curative radiotherapy. The overall resectability was 82.3%, and anastomotic leakage pulmonary complication, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, empyema occurred in 32%. The operative mortality was 17.8%, four of the five postoperative deaths were due to pulmonary complication. The 1-, 3-, 5-year survival rates were 71.4%, 36.3%, 25% respectively. Surgical technique, indications and operative factors were discussed.