Table 3 Postoperative complications and functional outcome
Systemic complications | |
   Respiratory | 15 |
   Cardiac | 10 |
   Sepsis syndrome | 15 |
   Others | 5 |
Total flap loss | |
   Free jejunal flap | 3 (10.7%) |
   Pectoralis myocutaneous flap | 1 (2.1%) |
Early fistula | |
   Myocutaneous flap | 12 out of 50 cases (24%) |
   Free jejunal flap | 2 out of 25 cases (8%) |
   Augmented colon bypass | 1 out of 4 cases (25%) |
   Gastric pull up | 5 out of 34 cases (14.7%) |
   Gastric tube | 3 out of 30 cases (10%) |
Late stricture | |
   Myocutaneous flap | 13 out of 50 cases (26%) |
   Free jejunal flap | 1 out of 25 cases (4%) |
   Augmented colon bypass | 0 |
   Gastric pull up | 3 out of 34 cases (8.8%) |
   Gastric tube | 2out of 30 cases (6.7%) |
Resuming solid diet | |
   Myocutaneous flap | 20 out of 50 cases (40%) |
   Free jejunal flap | 20 out of 25 cases (80%) |
   Augmented colon bypass | 3 out of 4 cases (75%) |
   Gastric pull up | 28 out of 34 cases (82.4%) |
   Gastric tube | 26 out of 30 cases (86.7%) |
Median follow-up in months (range) | 60 (9–108) |
Disease-free survival rates | |
   1 year | 62% |
   5 year | 25% |
Overall survival rate | |
   1 year | 80.5% |
   5 year | 50.7% |