Re: Why No GI Transplants?

"Howard McCollister" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:42fd0fb2$0$16191
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> "John Schutkeker" <jschutkeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Howard McCollister" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>> Esophageal allograft transplants are generally unnecessary. If a
>>> person's esophagus needs to be removed, it is replaced with a portion
>>> of the patient's colon, or by creating a tube out of the stomach and
>>> pulling it up , sewing it proximally in the chest or in the neck. This
>>> generally works well and provides no rejection problem.
>>
>> Then why are bypasses necessary?
>
> There's no such thing as an esophageal bypass.

Then what's the name of the surgery to allow a patient to feed himself
through a tube in his side, squirting liquified food directly into his
stomach? It certainly does bypass the esophagus!
.

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