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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:1922-1923
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: general thoracic

Invited commentary

Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert, MDa

a Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen, Universität München, Munich, Germany

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Patients with leakage of an intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis are vitally endangered and need urgent surgical reintervention. Early detection improves the morbidity, if not the mortality rate after serious leakage. Prognostic factors therefore become increasingly important in the treatment of this complication.

In this simple and elegant study, the authors outline the modalities used for investigation of esophageal leakage and provide detailed and practical clinical information. They reported 47 consecutive patients who had esophageal cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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